This is an analysis of the poem Do This For Yourself that begins with:
Waking up and giving 'thanks',
Should dawn......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAb Xba XaXcXa cdedXXeD XAeD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101 11 1010010 11010101 110100010 1111011 01010101 10111 11010101 0 110110 0101111 110100110 101 11010011 101 11010001 10 1 10110101 1011101 11 1 10110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Do This For Yourself;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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