This is an analysis of the poem To Get Done And With Competence that begins with:

I don't intend to offend when I begin,
To write......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadefafX gehXicdcacc acaejbg cijkfc Xbika bgj jfhjXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,7,6,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011101 01 0110 0111001101 01101 1 1 010101 01 11110010100 1110100110 110101 111111111 101110 111011 1010010 11 10111001 000101101011010 011111001 11111010 11010101 111111111010 0111010 1101011110 0011010010100 101010010001 1101 111111100100 11011110 1101011010010 10011010 110101111 11100110 110010 0101001001 011011 111010100 110011 1110111 101011101 11111 111 101011 01101000101 01110100 1011110 00101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines place is repeated).

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  • summary of To Get Done And With Competence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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