This is an analysis of the poem Much More To Life There Is To Live that begins with:

Much more to life there is to live,
Than bills to pay....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC DBE XeffXefe dbXebgXdX ABC DBE g X c gX d XcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,9,3,3,1,1,1,2,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001 1101 101001110 110100101010 11010010001 001001011 1101001000011 0010101010111 11010010101 10001011010001 10101010010110 10110101 10100100100010 1110101001010111 11101110 110101011 101001111010011 11011010010 110110101 1100001111 11110110010010 111101100 10110011110 11011001 1101 101001110 110100101010 11010010001 001001011 110010 1001 11001010 1101 11101010101 111111111100 11 1110110100 101011 0101111000101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, i, where, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Much More To Life There Is To Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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