This is an analysis of the poem To Be Of Use that begins with:
The people I love the best
jump into work head first...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaabb aXcd XaXbXa cadaebcXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101 100111 01100010 11101111101 110011001100 011101 1011011 1110110011100101 1111010101010 1100110101110 111100101101 1100010101 001110001010 11001110101 1111010011100 11001010 1011101010011 0100101011 101011001 10111011 101110111100 11001111 1010111110010 111101001 0101110010 101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; who, to, in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Be Of Use;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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