This is an analysis of the poem Physical Adjustments that begins with:

You can forget to doubt about,
Facing life without......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcdeeedff XeecXX Xaaccaeea agaX aegXbXfXaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,9,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10101 1001101100 010 100101 1101001001 10101011 10011101010 111101 1011110010 1000010001011 111010001 11001001101 00101110101 0111101110010 0010111 101001011101 110101 10100101001 11110111101 110001000101001 000101100111011 10101001000111001 11010001 10100101 01101101111 111101010001 1111011 111010 11010001100 1111100001 0101100111110 11010111001 1111010010001 1 1100110011101 10101111 10101 11101001 1100100101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Physical Adjustments;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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