This is an analysis of the poem How Can It Be Good? that begins with:
How can it be good,
To enjoy a slice of life....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbccdad Aeea AdfgddX X dAdhdhdh AfXaXaff X AXfffgfd fXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,4,7,1,8,8,1,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11000 0010101 011111 1001 1001 010111 10101001 1101110 1011101 11000 110111 010101010 0110101 11000 110111 0101010 110101100 0111 1001 0111 100011000101 1 11000 00011001 10111 01001000100 001101 10011 1010101 11000 1011011100 1010010111 01001101 1110111000101 1101010 0101 1101 11101110101 11000 11001001010 010011111 1000011010001 01001101 1010101010010 10100101011100 1 11001001010 0111111 010101001010 101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; it, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of How Can It Be Good?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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