This is an analysis of the poem Nothing To Do that begins with:

Don't know what to do to-day.
Got so many things to do... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdcdaAA eaefafaaAA gagbbbbaAA hahXiXiaAA babjbjbaAX dadibibaa aeaefhfhaXA dadikikaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,10,10,10,10,9,11,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 1110101 1110101 1111111 1110100 1111111 1111101 1010111 1011101 1110101 1110101 1010111 1110111 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1111111 1110101 1110101 1011111 1111111 1110101 1110101 1010101 1111111 1111101 10010101 1110101 1110101 1111101 101111 1111101 1111000 1101111 11101001 1111101 1001111 1110101 1110101 1111111 1111101 1110101 0010111 1111101 11101001 1010111 1111111 1111101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 1111101 1010111 1111100 1101101 1110101 1111101 1110101 1111111 1011111 1110111 1010001 1011111 1110111 10110101 10010101 1111101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1011101 0010111 1010101 0110100 10101001 0110101 1111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, and, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words don't, that's are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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