This is an analysis of the poem Not Done To Produce Laughs that begins with:
Does it matter to me,
How my accomplishments are rated? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBC abc abdacefa eBCXe XXffdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001 110100110 110100111 101001 0111101 0010111001 0010111101 110110100010001 0110100110101010 11011001 0101111 111101110110 1110011100011 1101001 11010 110100110 110100111 11011101111 11101010110 11001101011 011001010001 010010100 0110011 110101010 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, with, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, why are repeated.
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- summary of Not Done To Produce Laughs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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