This is an analysis of the poem Be Restricted To Do This For Months that begins with:

For one hour of mental and physical stress,
One should take a full day......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC adXe bbXb caddXaeed cX XXd addXXf ABC adcXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,9,2,3,6,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001011001 111011 011101001001 1100011 101000011101 01110001 11001011111 1010101 001001011111 01000010 11111001 11101 0100001000100 00101111011001 010001 0101110100 1101101111 11111001 10110110 1011011000001 10101010 11001000 001001011101 111001 0101010010001 001001011 11010001 0110101 111011111111 0011011 0110101 111001011001 111011 011101001001 01 11011101 100010001001 10100111 10101101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word be at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Be Restricted To Do This For Months;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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