This is an analysis of the poem What Are 'Your' Specifics? that begins with:

So much easier it is,
To attack one who achieves with a doing done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd ecccf fcfc XbfX eXeb aX cXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110000 001110100101 100010111110 0010101 1 01001001110101 001010110011 0010001001101 0010100111001 11001001100001 0100101101 001110011101 010101001100 1 1010110100010 1 1110101 11100010 110 111011010 101111110 1111110 1100100111 01 111001011010001 1011010000011 11100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of What Are 'Your' Specifics?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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