This is an analysis of the poem Deciding To Achieve Happiness that begins with:

Deciding to achieve happiness effectively,
Without the stress from others to get......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbb XccaXbXcccbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100011000100 010101001 10100100001 110101 11001000 001 100010 0011010010 01001000101 10001001001 101100010010 101101001010 1000010101 00111100010011 1010 111100100011 1001001001 10100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

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  • summary of Deciding To Achieve Happiness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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