This is an analysis of the poem What Is This That I Do? that begins with:
What is this that I do?
What is this? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCADADABCADcb AXAaADBCAcAXAcbAaBCADeAfAfeXAEABCADADAEABCAEAE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,46,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111 100 1100 100111 11 100111 11 100111 100 1100 100111 11 100 1100 100111 1110001010 100111 101100101 100111 11 100 1100 100111 111111010 100111 01010101 100111 11010001 111000111 100111 11 100 1100 100111 11 1110011010 100111 111000101 100111 111000101 11010101 100111 111000111 100111 100 1100 100111 11 100111 11 100111 111000111 100111 100 1100 100111 111000111 100111 111000111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; what, this, i, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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