This is an analysis of the poem The Doing Of This You Refuse that begins with:

Does taking chances increase one's advantage,
To enhance the advancing of maturity? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdd eeadXXb bbeXXddX XX cffcfdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011010 001001000100 1111010010110 0100010010101 011001001110 01110101010101 1110100010011 1110110100010 00101101010 011110110100 0111101101 10110101 0010011 0010100010101101 1 0010001010011010101 11001001101 01011101100100 0010011010101000 1010001000111 1011110011011 111110100101 111110 0010001101011 11011 11110 1101 001000 111001101 0100010101010 1110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Doing Of This You Refuse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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