This is an analysis of the poem It Doesn'T Come Easy that begins with:

Into a zone I own and claim.
And not only am I featured......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc Add EDFF EdBC ABCABC EDFF gXg ABCABC EDFF AED AED AEDXEDDDDEDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,6,4,3,6,4,3,3,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011111 11101110 10101001 00011111 1011101 0010111 010110 01100111 110101 1010101 010110 0011101011 010101 010011010 00011111 010101 010011010 00011111 010101 010011010 010110 01100111 110101 1010101 1101110011 1011001 011111 00011111 010101 010011010 00011111 010101 010011010 010110 01100111 110101 1010101 00011111 010110 01100111 00011111 010110 01100111 00011111 010110 01100111 010110 011001 11 11 11 010110 011001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; i, and, of, at, all are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words into, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words competition, all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of It Doesn'T Come Easy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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