This is an analysis of the poem Difficult To Quit If One Is Wishing They Could that begins with:

Accustomed to being good,
It spoils the anticpation....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AX BA AC DE Xa DE AC BA AX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100100 0101000 011001000 001010 10111010 01010010111 0010011101 010001011001 101001010110100 0100010101011 0010011101 010001011001 10111010 01010010111 011001000 001010 0100100 0101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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