This is an analysis of the poem To Do Unto Others that begins with:

It has been stated...
People not God, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABcbbde ffaXdcaXge AABXfXadaXgd AABaXXcXad X abggX XX dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,12,10,1,5,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1011 11001 1101111101 1001001010101 1101 101000110001 101010010100 1110100 010011101001010 010010101 001101 01000110111 01010011 111001010010 10010101 01101011010 10010100 01010 1011 11001 10101100 01100010010 001 101001001 10101001000 1 011010101001 00110101 0110001000101 01010 1011 11001 11 01001001001 11001101 0001111001 01101010101 110011101010 010111100101 1110100111 011001 01101 11011 010110001101001 0010011010 1 101010 1110 1001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To Do Unto Others;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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