This is an analysis of the poem To Enact that begins with:
To use statistics like fanatics.
To control and to attack! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB DADADEFF DADADEFF ABCBXd DADADEFF DADADEFF DXADeaDEFFf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,6,8,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010 0011001 0110001 010010101 001 0100010 001 00101010 001 0111010 110101 1110001 001 0100010 001 00101010 001 0111010 110101 1110001 010101010 0011001 0110001 010010101 10010100 010101 001 0100010 001 00101010 001 0111010 110101 1110001 001 0100010 001 00101010 001 0111010 110101 1110001 001 101 0100010 001 111 0101010 001 0111010 110101 1110001 11
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 to, or 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 confused at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To Enact;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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