This is an analysis of the poem What Is It That You 'Do'? that begins with:
Having an identity and keeping it real,
Is always interpreted as a false representation......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdc XeX fge XccX adXXXgfg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,3,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010011001 011010010110010 011111010 0001 101001 110101010 1 01 11001111 111011101010 1000110101100 11 1 1101011111001 110 11101100111000 11 1 100111 1111001 101100010 111100 101010 100011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
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- summary of What Is It That You 'Do'?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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