This is an analysis of the poem Done With My Ways that begins with:

Come to me!
Come...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbbbbac XCccccXXdceXdcccccAbbbbbc XbfbbbFbFbeaCccccXdceX CXCXCXCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,25,22,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1 1 1 1 1 111 11010 101 01 1 1 1 1 010110 1 0111 1 111 110001 1 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 1 1 1 1 11111010 10101 11101 011 1 1 1 1011 111 1011 11 1 101 01 1 1 1 1 010100 10111 1 111 1101 101 01101 10111 01101 101 01101 10111 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 11 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 2
  • 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.

    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; come, done are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, done are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come, done are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words open, ays at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases come, done connect the lines.

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  • summary of Done With My Ways;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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