This is an analysis of the poem Becoming Successful that begins with:
Many have spent decades.
To do for lifetimes and generations......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaXca XcX XdXbX X aXc XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,5,1,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 0111111010 0100100111 10011101111 01010110101 010111011 1101010100011 11110 111101101 010111001011 01010101101100 110100101 1 101 1101101010010 11011 1101111 110111100 1000100101 111101011 111101101100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, what, it are repeated.
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- summary of Becoming Successful;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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