This is an analysis of the poem Happy Lives To Live that begins with:

Happy lives to live,
Are gifts to get....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDEB AffcghbXgi ABACDEB XhX fbdib X decgfhf X bbXXXdgXABACDEB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,7,3,5,1,7,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10101 1101 110101 101110 001011 01010101 110100 10101 1101101 01001010 0110101 10010100001 100010 10010010110001 010100010111 011010001010 11010110010 10101 1101 110101 101110 001011 01010101 110100 111110101 101111010 1111111001011 1101100110100 0110000100101 11111010101100 111 1110010001001 11110101 01 011110 110101 1110111000100 11101011 111010101 01011011000 11111011001 1011000001000 111111001 0100100101 1010001111 110101 11010101001 1001001011010 10101 1101 110101 101110 001011 01010101 110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word happy at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Happy Lives To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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