This is an analysis of the poem Undone To Undo that begins with:

Undone to undo...
Those passionate insights....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX AXde Aebf Agh AbigihXge Afca AgDDDgDhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,9,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001 110011 01001001010 00010101 01001 1011000 100001 00111000100 01001 11100 01010100 101111011 01001 11010 001010 01001 10011 01111 10010 010011 00100110 101101 1011010 10100100 01001 111 110101 10101 01001 11010 010 1010010 1010010 11010 010 1010 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word intervention is repeated.

    The author used the same word undone at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Undone To Undo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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