This is an analysis of the poem Only If The Doing It Shows! that begins with:
Does a giving of an empathy,
Provide a gift of pity? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAX bBcXdX BDXdeAFGEX AAX BDdXeAFGEX bBcDDGDDDGaaDDGD XgXX DXDXDXDX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,10,3,10,16,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001100 0101010 100010011 1 11 1 1101000111 0010001001 100010011 11110101 01 11 11 010001 0010110 1001 01001 10101 100010011 101001100 0101010 100010011 11110101 01 1111 010 001 0010110 1001 01001 10101 100010011 1 11 1 10001001 01 110 10001001 110001001 01 110 001001100 010 110001001 01 110 110001001 1 1101 110010 11010 10001001 11 110001001 110 10001001 11 110001001 110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; well, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word well is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines well, shows are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase well connects the lines.
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- summary of Only If The Doing It Shows!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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