This is an analysis of the poem Bud that begins with:

Who is it lives to the full every minute,
Gets all the joy and the fun that is in it?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccaaddeeccffeeeeccggcchhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100100110001 11011011000 1111011001 1101011101 1001011011 1011011001 1001111001 1001011101 1001001001 11011001101 10001001001 11001101101 11001001011 01011001001 11001111001 101101011101 10011011011 11011001001 101001011001 11101011101 11101011011 11101101101 101111100001 111101011011 11001111011 1111001111101 101001011001 11101111001 101001111011 11001101011 011101101001 11011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 303
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, with, his, who, of, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.

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  • summary of Bud;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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