This is an analysis of the poem I Do, I Will, I Have that begins with:

How wise I am to have instructed the butler
to instruct the first footman to instruct the second...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdbeddXXaXXfdef dgXgbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101010010 0010110001010 10001011010110 1101010101010010 111111111010110 111100010101001010 001011110010110 10111001010 0101111010010001 10110110110 1111110000100110 10110010111010 10100 110100011001001011 01111001100100101 11 11111111110010 100010011011111 0101011 1011001111000101 01001010100010100 001001010101001 111101100100011 101010101001100 01101010010010000101 110000111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 666
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, instruct, and, of are repeated.

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