This is an analysis of the poem It's As Good As It Gets that begins with:
It's as good as it gets.
A path one has chosen....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXaAbXAXabbaaXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 011110 0100100100 010101 011101 0001001 010101 01111 00101101 011100011 10001000101 01001100100 10010101 1010001 0110101111 0 1111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 505
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; as is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It's As Good As It Gets;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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