This is an analysis of the poem Effects Of What Others Do that begins with:

Don't you dislike those implications?
I know I use to....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaXXb dbadacdd ee XeeefX cbaace X ecacf aXfcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,2,6,6,1,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 11110 0100011 11111101 01111010 111101100 011010 10111 1101110110 111011 101110101 11000001101 100101 11110101 10011 0111111101 1111 1101011 1101110 110101 1111101 111011 111101 11111 1111101 11001111101 000110101010 1110111110 1111101101 1110101111101 10010111000 11 1001110101 111101110111101 11101 1011111 010110010 11101101 11101001101110 00101111110 1011001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, and, i are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Effects Of What Others Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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