This is an analysis of the poem Before Action that begins with:
We always had to do our work at night.
I wondered why we had to be so sly....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aXcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 1101110011 1101110111 100101 1101111111 1101010111 1101110001 110001 1100110101 110111000 11 1101110001 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, so, i, wondered are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, so are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Before Action;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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