This is an analysis of the poem The Benefit Of Trouble that begins with:

IF LIFE were rosy and skies were blue
And never a cloud appeared,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff gegeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101101 1100101 0100111111 1100101 0101100111 1101100111 01101111111 0101110101 0000100101 1101100101 1011110101 0011100101 0100110101 010110111 010001101 1100100101 010101101 0011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, to, your, you, man, who are repeated.

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  • summary of The Benefit Of Trouble;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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