This is an analysis of the poem For The Betterment And Goodwill Of All People that begins with:

The advice that helps best...
Is to stay away from each other....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX Xab ccbX cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001111 001010110 1111001101001010 110111100 110110111 0100110101 11011010 00011111 101001110110 110 110001110 1100111010 010010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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.

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  • summary of For The Betterment And Goodwill Of All People;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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