This is an analysis of the poem Learn To Do It With The Action that begins with:

Slaughtered by the onslaught of thoughts.
That are deep and hidden, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCdb ABBCBeC Efca Eefe deX ABBCBeC XBcBeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,4,3,7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101 111110 01110110 11011111 0111 111010 10101101 111110 01110110 11011111 01111010 1 10100101 110101101 101110101 101101001111 1111111001 110101101 101010101 101011011 10100111 11 11001 0110010 10101101 111110 01110110 11011111 01111010 1 10100101 101010101011 10111010 101010111 10111010 1 10100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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