This is an analysis of the poem Live As If You'Re Getting What It Is that begins with:
Remove the 'maybe'
From the things you need....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XA XB CDede XXdXFG XA XB CDFG Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,6,2,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 00111 01010 011101 01011 0111 1110 110011 0111110 01010 0111 11101111 01010011 1110110100 1010 01010 00111 01010 011101 01011 0111 1110110100 1010 101110 110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Live As If You'Re Getting What It Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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