This is an analysis of the poem We Did It To It that begins with:

Whatever the intention of this World had been,
God made it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBAbXB ABBAbc XcBbBaBadd ABBAA BBX BBbBB BBbBBbBBXABBAABBBBBBb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,10,5,3,5,21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001000110 110 11100 1110001000110 11010101000 0010001 0101 110001000110 110 11100 1110001000110 110 0001111 110101010110 01000100100 11100 10100011101010 11100 101110000101 11100 100 11101001111 100101001 110001000110 110 11100 1110001000110 110101010001 1100100110000 10000 10011011011 1100100110000 10000 100110101001 10000 10000 1100100110000 10000 1011101 10000 10000 01011101 10000 10000 110001000110 110 11100 1110001000110 110101010001 0101 110 11100 1100100110000 10000 10000 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; it, to, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

    The author used the same word whatever 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).

    The poet repeated the same word it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of We Did It To It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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