This is an analysis of the poem Living Above Your Means that begins with:
It is not on my terms,
I have a wish that you would live....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb aaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001111 11011111 0000101111 11100110110 1100111 11001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Living Above Your Means;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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