This is an analysis of the poem Consider that begins with:

Consider what you didn't do...
As done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcBc DBEBcBe BXcBECCXDBEbBECC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 11 010111101 11 010011111 11 11010010010 010111111 11 0101110011 11 010010111 11 11100100010 111100111 10101 1011000010 111100111 1100 1111 1010101 010111111 11 0101110011 1 111100111 1100 1111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; you, done are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines done is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word road at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Consider;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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