This is an analysis of the poem Who Said It Was Simple that begins with:

There are so many roots to the tree of anger
that sometimes the branches shatter ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX XXbXbccXaXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,12,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101001010 10101010 0111 10010 010100111 010010101 1100101 111110110 010100101 10101010101 0101001100 111111110 11111 110010 1111 111100 11001 111000 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Who Said It Was Simple;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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