This is an analysis of the poem Worth While that begins with:

It is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows by like a song, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcded afgfXheh gifigcec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010010 1111101 1011101101 1101111 101001010 10111000 10110101001 0011111 0010010010 1101101 1011011101 0101101 1010010010 01001110 10110101001 001101010 101001010 1111101 0111010001 1110101 101011010 101011001 00111101011 111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, when are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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