This is an analysis of the poem Easy Has Not Been The Word that begins with:

The challenge was first,
To do it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbc Xbcc ddad aXaba bXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011 010 0101010 010111 1111 011001 0111101 10101011 0111101 10111 11010111 101001 10011101 011011 1001010 01010010001 11001 1010011111 11011001 01101 100111 01111 0010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word do 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 Easy Has Not Been The Word;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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