This is an analysis of the poem Comparing Deeds Done that begins with:

An exhaustion that comes,
To the one giving......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddeea cfcXffc X XXf XXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,1,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 00110 101101 1110101 100101000101 0101011100 101011 11001 011111100 011001 10111101 01001010010 1101010100 1110100110 1101000101 1101101 1001001 1011010 11101010010001 1111011 1110 111110010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Comparing Deeds Done;
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  • history of its creation;
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