This is an analysis of the poem Did It To Flaunt that begins with:

Did you see what they made us do?
And to ourselves? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc XdX efcgbfbg X h bbgddX Xae bibX gXe XhgdgX Xg jiXgeejgX h XXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,1,1,6,3,4,3,6,2,9,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111111 1001 01011010100 10 11101110 1101111011 1011001001 11000 01010010 11111001 1100010 01011010 011001010010 111010111010 10111001 011 1101111001 100101110 01010010 11011010001 101010101 1010110101 111 110111 1001011100 1011110 111100100 101010011 1101001001 1111101 11 10010 100 10001 11110001 1010100101 100101001 01000 1 1 11111010 1011011100 0111010 1111001 11111011011 1100100010 10101011100011 10101011100 11010010101000 111101 1 111 11111 01111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, all, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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  • summary of Did It To Flaunt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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