This is an analysis of the poem Do It With A Doing That's Done that begins with:

Keep the brighter light on your side,
And......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabcc AacD AaXdc ECFC AacD ECFC AacX Aacc AaBaBXAaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 1 101010 1100110100 11010111001 10101111 1 11010111 11111101100 10101111 1 0100010 101011101 0101111101 1011101 01111001 11000010101 010111011100 10101111 1 1101110111 11111101100 1011101 01111001 11000010101 010111011100 10101111 1 1111010001 11 10101111 1 1111010001 01 10101111 1 10001011 1 10001011 10101111 1 10001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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:

    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; it, you are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Do It With A Doing That's Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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