This is an analysis of the poem Did. Did You Do A Panic that begins with:

Did. Did you do a panic.
With a frantic......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAA A b AAA A b c A ca AAA A b cAXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,2,3,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011010 0010 01010 0011010 1000 11011010 0010 01010 01101010 1000 1 011010 1 101010 11011010 0010 01010 01101010 1000 1 011010 11111 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 33
  • Average number of words per stanza: 6
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; panic is repeated.

    The author used the same word did 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 panic is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Did. Did You Do A Panic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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