This is an analysis of the poem Needing Of Some Loving Done that begins with:

A needing of some loving done.
Without the pain....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaAXAbbX AAACADDX AAAbACDD AEDAEDA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001101 0101 01001101 10111 01001101 011100101 10111011001 11001001011 01001101 00100010011010 01001101 1010101000101 01001101 01111101 111010101 11011011101 01001101 00100010011010 01001101 1010101011001 01001101 1010101000101 01111101 111010101 1001101 11 11 1001101 11 11 1001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Needing Of Some Loving Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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