This is an analysis of the poem If We Borrowed From Tomorrow's Joy Today that begins with:

Stop endorsing thoughts that do not flourish
Your best wishes for complete and total wellness. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXccX cddX XeXceaffg eXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,9,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111110 111010111010 01001001101 11001011111 11001 01010111 111001 1100110 010110101 01101010011101 1110 111 01110011101 111000110100 01101101011 011001011 1010010111 1001 1010011 011111 0101 1010111 100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 If We Borrowed From Tomorrow's Joy Today;
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  • history of its creation;
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