This is an analysis of the poem Didn'T You Say This Before? that begins with:
In the doing of what it takes to get things done,
By a doer......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdcbbedfghai bX Xc cX fX cgcfXiX fcfgaeXc ehegcfX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,2,2,2,7,8,7,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001010111 101 100 11111111011 1 111 010011 01110 1001110100110010 10110011111 11110111 1101010 1100010010111 00100111 111001 0010100 1 1111111101 1011111100111001 1100101100100010 10111 00101101 111101001 111111 1101110100101 110101110101001 11 1101011011100 110101111011 11 11 11 101 111101 101111 11011 0111 1101 110101111101 110111 1101011 11100 101 011 10
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; they, you, to, i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.
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- summary of Didn'T You Say This Before?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
- Analysis of Being Direct
- Analysis of There Is Nothing More Durable
- Analysis of To Witness One's Achievements
