This is an analysis of the poem Done For that begins with:
A WEEK ago to-day, when red-haired Sally
DOWN to the sugar-camp came to see me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcded afafbcfc ebebcede agagaXXX hhhhabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111110 1001011011 11011101010 111000111 111010110 11110111 110101010 11100111 0101011110110 101110101 1011010101110 1010111 111001011 110101010 1101110010 111001010 11111011010 1011101110 0111010101110 101000111 11100110 111001101 11101010 1111111 11110101010 111111111 1010111110 111110101 1110101010 110101111 111111010 11101101 1111010101010 11111010101 110110111110 1111010001 0111101110 101011111 11111110010 0111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, i are repeated.
The author used the same words a, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase crying connects the lines.
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- summary of Done For;
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