This is an analysis of the poem Possessing Of A Good Health that begins with:
Some may claim that fortune and fame,
Are goals to reach and to maintain....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCDE ABfcfXgg ehhgXgXABCCDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111011 11011001 10100001 01010101001 110111101 1011101101 11111011 11011001 1 1001011 1010100011 110111001 101 0110010 1 010100101 0010011001 11110111 1100010 110101 11111011 11011001 10100001 01010101001 110111101 1011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word some at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Possessing Of A Good Health;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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