This is an analysis of the poem What I Want For You To Do that begins with:

I am asked to do 'this'.
With a request to do 'that'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabba bcbacaa XdX befbX g fX deba ebfgXb bXXX f abeche XchaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,3,5,1,2,4,6,4,1,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 0001011 111010100100 0101011101 0010100111 111111101 111011111100 0101101010 0111000110 10111010101 1100100101 01101 111101 1 110010100 111110101 1010110111 11111010110 10011 1111 11101111001 1 1111111 11010101 1111100100 01010110101 011001101 11 01 111010011 110101 0110010111 1011111 011110100 11001111 010100 1101010 11111011111 011 1101 1110101 11101 10110110 0010101 011011 00111111 1001010 001001101 10101 1111110 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; asked, to, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' 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 What I Want For You To Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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