This is an analysis of the poem Seeking For Happiness that begins with:

Seeking for happiness we must go slowly;
The road leads not down avenues of haste;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc XdXdee feXefX acacgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011110 0111110101 11010111110 1101010111 1011001111 0101111101 10111110010 1111010001 11011101010 01011000011 1011001111 1101011111 10010101010 1111011111 111101011000 0111010011 1011001110 1100111110 01011101010 0111110101 11000101010 0111101111 1011001101 1001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; in is repeated.

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