This is an analysis of the poem Leaving Those To Do What They Do Best that begins with:
They are doing their best,
To ensure everything he does fails....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcd befd ggedhh hb abbeadfe X chhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,2,8,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111011 001101111 11111110 111001 1011101 10001001 011100101 1010 0010011001 10010 001001110 011111 1010100 111101001 101101001 1011101101 1101111 101011111 1101110 1110110101 101101101 1101101101 111010 110101 11110100001 1101001011101 1 111 1010001 001111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, someone are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word someone is repeated.
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- summary of Leaving Those To Do What They Do Best;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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