This is an analysis of the poem It Can'T Be That Hard To Do that begins with:

One can teach another,
Hygiene....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcdXX aefdghXbf ggcibihei iX gd iiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,9,2,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 11 010101 010001 01101010 1001011 10110 01111011 111010 101 101 10111 0010011 110100100 01001000111 0110101101010 01011 10101101 111010110000001 010100111010 001010 001011 101011000100111 11010010100100 0110101 10100110 1111010111 1111111 1 1001111111 11110 100 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; how, to, have, you are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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

  • summary of It Can'T Be That Hard To Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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