This is an analysis of the poem Are You Bragging Or Complaining that begins with:

It's becoming very common to find,
Those who choose to live alone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcdeeefc gcahhXbebac X XeXcahe X cgXa fX cXcXhd XXX ib XigX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,1,7,1,4,2,6,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0010101001 1110101 1001111 0111 100 011010110 11111011 111110101 01011010 0100101 111011 10101011100 10100101 110101010100 010101011101 0110011010101 11110101 110011 11011010110 1001000100101101 11010 1111010101110 1111111 11110101 11110111111 010111 11001110101 0111100110011 1111110111111 11110101110 11 11 111101010 0111011 11010 01100101000 11 1101101 1 11111 011100101001101 01000011010100 1 1100 010011110011 11111 110 10 1001 11110101 011011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of Are You Bragging Or Complaining;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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