This is an analysis of the poem Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace that begins with:

One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand cafe in sun...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX XX X Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 0110101 0111001011 111010010100 1110111 111 010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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