This is an analysis of the poem Cold And Distant that begins with:

A giving known to do.
And for years with a doing of it done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXXff egg ABCD gbeX X XdhX XX hXg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,3,4,4,1,4,2,3,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 1100010001 10111 11010001110110 11010001011 11011101000101 1001001110 110101 010110101 11111 111011100101 1101010101010010 010101 1100010001 10111 11010001110110 10100101 101010011101 001101011001 0100 111111101 1101111 01010101010110 00101101 00111001100100 1 11101010111 1010101010 0010010100011111 1010111101010 10110111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Cold And Distant;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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