This is an analysis of the poem Whatever It Is You Are Doing that begins with:
You will know when you have discovered,
Something for you that you were meant to do......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbd eecXaeXb XXdfff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111010 1011110101 101000010101010 100110111 011111011 1011101010 010 001011111 110001110 001010 0001111 110001110001010 0111 0011011010 1110101101 01101 1 011 1110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; you is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Whatever It Is You Are Doing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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