This is an analysis of the poem It Has Been Done that begins with:

Will I?
Can I? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbCDB XeXeXe AAbCDB Xffb aAAbCDBfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 11 1 1011 110010 11111001 1001 110101 1011 010101 1111 01011110 01 11 1 1011 110010 11111001 111010 11011001 1111111 0010100100 11 01 11 1 1011 110010 11111001 1 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; i is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of It Has Been Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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