This is an analysis of the poem Seldom Heard Complaining that begins with:
Only those accepting to live life,
Feeling obligated to express gratitude......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 101010011 101010001101 110101001 1001011001 0101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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 is repeated.
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- summary of Seldom Heard Complaining;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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