This is an analysis of the poem It Is Best To Be Of Deed that begins with:

There are some people who achieve,
An obtaining of recognition to them received....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXaXXc XXadcbda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1010010100001 0001010001100 10010101010 01101 1100100001010 111010100100 10001110011010 10100110100010 0110101010001010 1010101001010101 0101111 110100000010100100 110101 10010001000010 1000100000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of It Is Best To Be Of Deed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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