This is an analysis of the poem Fewer Bad Habits that begins with:

It is like magic.
My doctor has asked me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00110 110111 1111001110 1101010101 11110 100111011 1110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Fewer Bad Habits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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