This is an analysis of the poem The Way Of The World that begins with:

IT'S ALL in the way that you look at the world,
It's all in the way that you do things,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeeadad fcfcabab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001111101 010011111 01011011101 1010011111 101001111001 111011010 01001001011 1010010010 01001111111 110011011 111001011111 111100011 11001011001 110011110 01001011111 1010011010 111111111111 1110110110 111011100111 110110110 101001111101 1010011111 01011011101 1010011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it's, all, in, way, that, you, and, of, we, make, our, can are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, we are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

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