This is an analysis of the poem Make It Work that begins with:
If the doing is worthy of saving.
Make it work! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdB eBeDfddD ADeD deXfddB cBeXdeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,4,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010010010 101 100110 0010000111 101 0101010 0101 0010001 0101 01100100 001 1 0101 0010010010 0101 10010101011 0101 1010101100101 10101010101 1001010011110 11001101 1010111110101 01001110 0101 0010010 101 1 111001100 10101 100101010101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; it, be, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nothing is repeated.
The poet repeated the same words worked, work at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Make It Work;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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