This is an analysis of the poem A Pre-Requisite For Happiness that begins with:

There may be evil.
Kept and fed to feed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdddeXfecdeeXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010 11101 0010010010 1100101001 01010 110110101 01110110001 0100010111 000101001 110100111 10101010100 01010111101 1100110101 1000010101 1001110001100 11100001 1011001010100010 10000011001100 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 722
  • Average number of words per stanza: 124
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of A Pre-Requisite For Happiness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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