This is an analysis of the poem Too Many Others Now Have Done It that begins with:
Run...
As if you're going to get something done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aA AX aA XbX aC dEdF DEFDAcDEF aA AX aA XbX aC dEdF DEFDAcDEFDDGFDGFDHa DHa DHFc DHCXDHC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,3,2,4,9,2,2,2,3,2,4,19,3,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011001101 100101010 1000101000 1 1101101011 1 111011010 01001101 1 111101 11010110 111011101 1 101 11010110 11 101 11010110 10 101 11010110 11 101 1 1011001101 100101010 1000101000 1 1101101011 1 111011010 01001101 1 111101 110101110 111011101 1 101 110101110 11 101 110101110 10 101 110101110 11 101 110101110 110101110 10 111 110101110 10 111 110101110 10 1 110101110 10 1 110101110 10 101 01110101 110101110 10 1110101 110101110 10 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 71
- 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 run, too are repeated.
The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Too Many Others Now Have Done It;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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