This is an analysis of the poem Those Seeking Pity For The Petty Should Quit that begins with:

Throw away all yesterdays and rush,
To catch up....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDC eXfeagXg ABCDC FFfEFXe FFEF FHFHFf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,5,7,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110111 011 11001001 11 01101 1010110111 01100 0111001001010 101110101010 10100100111001 110101 1111111011 0101011100001 101110111 011 11001001 11 01101 11010101011 100100101 01001101 1110111 1001000111 001 01101111 11010101011 100100101 1110111 1001000111 11010101011 111 11010101011 111 11010101011 011111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word those at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Those Seeking Pity For The Petty Should Quit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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