This is an analysis of the poem Doing As They Chose To Do that begins with:
With the last finger raised,
Outstreched and pointed... ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXccbXbXdad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 001101 100110 0111001 110010 1011101 00011 1 110101110 1111 010111010101 0111010110111 01 0111101001110 001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Doing As They Chose To Do;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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