This is an analysis of the poem The Business Of The Poet that begins with:
The business of the poet is done to live,
On the edge of idealistic impressions......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXac XcdXXXX caXXdab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01000100101 101001010010 001 1001010100 1110101 11001010101001 110 000100010 00111100001 1101000101 010011010001 10100101101 0100 10101101 0101101001010 10101011100101 0011001101000 001001101 01101 101010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, to, with are repeated.
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- summary of The Business Of The Poet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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