This is an analysis of the poem Do Your Duty that begins with:
Be done with a hook up and go.
Do your duty to the booty, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABCD ACAA ABC ABCD BCAA AcDAA ABCXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,3,4,4,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01001111 11100010 110101 01001111 111100010 1011101 110101111 1110001011 10111 01111111 110010101 01001111 11100010 110101 01001111 111100010 1011101 110101111 11100010 10111 01111111 110010101 1110001011 11011101 110101111 01111111 110010101 01001111 11100010 110101 110101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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 exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same words be, do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word who at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Do Your Duty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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