This is an analysis of the poem Quick To Adapt To Please that begins with:

Always humbling it is,
To acknowledge the scent of flowers....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcaca adaaabd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110000 001001010 1101110111 101010 01001111 100010 010100 1111010 1001 010110 11000 1100101 10011 01010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Quick To Adapt To Please;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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