This is an analysis of the poem The Roads Of Happiness that begins with:

The roads of happiness are not
The selfish roads of pleasure seeking,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeXfgfg ededabab hghgeeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010011 010101010 11110111 111111010 11011101 111101010 11010101 010001010 01010011 110111010 11011101 110111100 11010111 010001110 11010111 1100111010 01010011 100101010 10010111 110101110 11110101 110111010 110000011 110111010 01010011 111101110 11010111 110101010 01111101 010111110 11011101 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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