This is an analysis of the poem What To Them Had Been Mentioned that begins with:

The doing of that which has been done to do,
With a doing to be dismissed and not approved......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaccdcd ecfXccbfXdcde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001110101 001000011101 1011101 111000100101 10100110101101 0100100 0111110001 0110011001 11100101010010 1010001 10101101101 111011001001 11001110100001 011110101101 1001010 11101 111010101001 1100100001 101011010011 00101101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

  • summary of What To Them Had Been Mentioned;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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