This is an analysis of the poem What A Remarkable Achievement that begins with:

What has been done,
Has been done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcab XbcXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 101 1101 101 1001011101 1001000010 1101011 110110100 11001 1011111010 11101001010 001110001 100100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; been, has are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines done, said are repeated).

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  • summary of What A Remarkable Achievement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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