This is an analysis of the poem Life As It Is that begins with:
Some ball themselves up into knots,
When confronted with nonstopping disbeliefs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcX deXedf cXdg XbefaXegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001 10100100100 011010010100 1110111010 01 10111111 1101111 1110101 0101110100001 1111101001 10001001000011 1011101010 001101 0101101 0111101001 111111111 0111110001 01110101 01100 1100010100 01110110001 10110010011 01010101000
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they are repeated.
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- summary of Life As It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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