This is an analysis of the poem Lived In A Way That I Like that begins with:

I am tired of providing someone else,
Entertainment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdE fXXXbXX dXXfdEc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010111 1010 10100101110010 1111011001 00110111110 1111101011010101 01000101 111100101111 11 010010100100100 111101001101 1101111110100 010 110101011011 0011 10001001111 1 1000101011010 111101011010101 01000101 11011001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Lived In A Way That I Like;
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  • history of its creation;
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