This is an analysis of the poem The Doing Of This that begins with:
The second a thing is done,
To be regretted by anyone......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbccXBd AAdXXBdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100101 000101100 00011101 11010111 011011010 00111101011 1010101010 0100100001010 0100101 000101100 1010100010 00101110 1110101011 1010101010 0100100011010 00100101001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Doing Of This;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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