This is an analysis of the poem Not As Easy As I Make It Look that begins with:
If I have stated,
Without wavering from it! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXXc ef bgfggadc bg aXX XgbehhgbXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,2,8,2,3,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110 0110000 11 0010010 1001101 1 1 0010011111 001010100 1100 101110100 100110 0011010100 11101 1110101 01010101 1 1101111 0101110101010 1 100101101111 0111011101 111010 0010011010 111111001 101111000 1010010 11000010 010011111 11101110111010 1110111000110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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