This is an analysis of the poem Is The Doing Less Exquisite that begins with:
I have learned to listen.
And to observe....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB Cbdeec Ad CfaXfc ABD CcgCggCcCcchihX ABDacdgggaXABgcgcig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,2,6,3,15,19,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 1001 00101100 01010100111 0101000010 010110010 1010010010 111001111 111010 10101 00101100 1101001001 0101010 10100100100 1111111 1100110100110 111010 001 01101 00101100 01010100010 11010001 00101100 01011010001001 111000100001010 00101100 011011010101 00101100 11101100011101 11010101100 10111101 110100100000110 01010101 0111010110 111010 001 01101 1110101010010 010100100010011 1 01010100100110 1 110100101 1010010101001 111010 1001 010111010 11111100101 0110101000010 10010100001 011110111100 1101010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Is The Doing Less Exquisite;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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