This is an analysis of the poem All For The Best that begins with:

Things mostly happen for the best.
However hard it seems to-day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbaaccdd beebbffaa gbbffaaddhhXAgghhdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11111101 11111101 11110101 01111111 11010101 11110101 11111100 11010001 00111011 11010101 11011110 11011101 11110011 01011111 11111101 10111011 110111001 11110101 10111101 10010111 10110101 11111111 01111101 11111101 11110101 11111101 10110101 11010101 11001101 11110101 111100111 11010111 11111111 11110111 11111101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; we, an', i are repeated.

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  • summary of All For The Best;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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