This is an analysis of the poem To Prove By Doing that begins with:

It may be romanticized to realize.
And granted to fulfill a wish....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXBC ABDXa AEb ABDBC AEfXfafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001010101 11000101 1011101010 0010101 01 111100101 011 11101 000101 10010000101 01010010011 01 110010001 111100110101 10 11101 000101 10010000101 111100101 011 110010001 111100110101 10001110 100110 1100 1001010 0010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you've, you are repeated.

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

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  • summary of To Prove By Doing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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