This is an analysis of the poem To Do To... that begins with:
To do to...
Study etiquette....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcdcDcBcBB ADADAEBAFAGAhc ABcdcDcBcBB AhAXi ADADAEBAFAGbjj AhhAhhAbd AIhAHhABKXAIhAHhABK
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,14,11,5,14,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 10100 10 010 10 101010010 10 01 10 01 110111101 010 00111 010 110101 010 00111110 0110101101 00100 10011001 111 10101 010 0010001 01110100 010 10100 10 010 10 101010010 10 01 10 01 110111101 111 1011011 111 110010 011110011 010 00111 010 110101 010 00111110 0110101101 00100 10011001 111 10101 01011101 0111110 01101010 010 101 1 010 1101 1 010 100110100 0011010101 010 101 1 010 0010 1 010 1011101 110100010 010 101 1 010 0010 1 010 1011101 110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words study, to are repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word effective at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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