This is an analysis of the poem Easy Often Does It that begins with:

Easy often does it,
When one wishes to keep trust....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAba ACXa DEee dbaa AAACDEXDaXAdda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1110011 00100010 1111001 101010 1110111 101010101 110111 01011 01010101010 1101010 0010101 1011 01010100011000 1 11011101 101010 1110011 101010 1110111 01011 01010101010 1101011 01011 0101010001 101010 0 011 0101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Easy Often Does It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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