This is an analysis of the poem Shallow Comforts that begins with:
You can afford to let those go.
Those full of self importance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcccaXdcdbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 1101010 111011101 11001101 110010011 101 110101010 101111001 1000111 101101 1111010 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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- summary of Shallow Comforts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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