This is an analysis of the poem Did It To Do It Not Sitting To Wish that begins with:

Those who have earned,
To receive what pleases them......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdeaaf ABCedXffd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 0011100 0001011001 1101010 0110110 1010101 1000101 01101001 1111 0011100 0001011001 1000100101 111111 1010010 011111001 011001101 11001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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, it are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Did It To Do It Not Sitting To Wish;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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