This is an analysis of the poem With A Doing That Is Pointless that begins with:

Anything anyone comes to experience,
With a leaving to impress effectively......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcb adXee adace XXaea EBAdEBAFAFAdEBAFAFAef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100100100 00100010100 0100001001 10111 010110001 0111 0100001010 0100101 1010101 101001010101 11101001 01010101 0011001 0011010 11010100111 0101101 111101 000100100 10100010100 11000100010 11101 101 01000100010 1 11101 101 01000100010 011 00101010 011 00101010 1 11101 101 01000100010 011 00101010 011 00101010 101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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:

    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 With A Doing That Is Pointless;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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