This is an analysis of the poem In The Seeking Of One's Happiness that begins with:
Do I suggest one has to witness death,
To appreciate one's life? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabXbca XaaXXcaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110101 0010111 110100 101000111 1010 10010101 10100010100 10111110 010111101 101000 1011001 01111 001000 101001 1101 0010010100 110010100 001001100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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 three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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