This is an analysis of the poem Know It, And It Is Done that begins with:

Stop feeding yourself discouragement.
That is not the purpose, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXDABEAC affXagb bXfeXcahXeh ABCXDABEAC XaaggXgae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,11,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100100 101010 111101 010100100 010 1011 00110 111001 011 010101 1100010101 1101010 010111010 10111 00110110 1101 111010101 10100 0101001 011000100 11001101 11011010 010011 1101 11101 111101 0100100 010101 110100100 101010 111101 010100100 010 1011 00110 111001 011 010101 111101111 01 1101 00010 00101010 1101 1101001 10 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word stop at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Know It, And It Is Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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