This is an analysis of the poem With Their Doings Done that begins with:
Some feel free to be sadistic,
With doings done....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCBD XEF ABBCBDXEF EBBEBBGAH EBBEBBGAH EHEHEH EBB EBXEHb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,9,9,9,6,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100010 0101 101001 0101010 0101 10100100111 11111000 100101001010 010011001 11100010 0101 101001 0101010 0101 10100100111 11111000 100101001010 010011001 1011110 01101 101 010101110 01101 101 11010101 100101 010 1011110 01101 101 010101110 01101 101 11010101 100101 010 1011110 001001010 1011110 001001010 1011110 001001010 1011110 01101 101 1011110 01101 1011110 001001010 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 50
- 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; and, doings, done, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word many at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines done is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words do, savor, done at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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