This is an analysis of the poem Becoming More Difficult To Achieve that begins with:
When an immature mentality,
Becomes an accepted part of one's personality......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcdcX ccXbaXXe eXfebXf XdcXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,7,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111010100 01101010110100 010111 01010100 110010001000100 1101011111 010110010 00101010001 1 0101100001 01110011000100 001001000100 01101 1110101 101010101001110 100100001001 01001100010 101101 101101 11110 10100101 111010010 1010101101 011100001 01001001000100 00111101 10110110110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of Becoming More Difficult To Achieve;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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