This is an analysis of the poem Keep A Doing At It that begins with:
Keep a doing at it.
And at your best....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAaAAaAAbbXc DDCeFDF AADBaAADBDDCeFDFX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,7,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010 1111 1 101010 1111 1 101010 1111 10011010 1100110 10101101 1011010101 11101 01101 1011011 1 101011 010101 00111 101010 1111 1001 1010 1 101010 1111 1001 1010 11101 01101 1011011 1 101011 010101 00111 001010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; at is repeated.
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- summary of Keep A Doing At It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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