This is an analysis of the poem In 'My' World I Am The Do Do that begins with:

In 'my' world...
I am the 'do-do'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXBCDEA fgdXd fhaXfe aeXgbXhX AXXe cee XaXXaae AXBCDEA baX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,8,4,3,7,7,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 11011 1101 01001 10101 1111101 110101101 1101111 10100 011100111 010111 110101 1101111 011 01001 1111111 011010010 0101011 1111101 10011 11110110 111110111 0111011 1010101 01101 10111101 011 11011 01111 1101110 111 11110 011011 11 010111 1001110 110 110101 1011010 001 011 11011 1101 01001 10101 1111101 110101101 1111011 11101111 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; of, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of In 'My' World I Am The Do Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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