This is an analysis of the poem It's Easy To Invent A Life that begins with:

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It's easy to invent a Life—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XaaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0100010100 111000010 1000010 0010000 01000110 010100 11010100 010000 01010100 101001 100000100010 100001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of It's Easy To Invent A Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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