This is an analysis of the poem Have Fun! Why Not? that begins with:
When confronted by repeated opposition,
To question what feeds them deceptions fed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcC acdXX cXXbeXXef CbXeXdcbfXCccebfbcbafe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,22,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101010 0101100101 11001 1100101001 1111 11101111001 111111100001 10101011 11101001001000 010000100101000 11111 110010 01100101 010011100001 10011010101 1011011001010 11010101010111 11001 0100010101000101 1111 101 11001001 11001010010 111010010 11010001 1010011101 1011001 111111 1111 110011 010101100 0100 0110010 1 11110 0111100010 001010011010 11 11010111 010010110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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.
The author used the same word have at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Have Fun! Why Not?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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