This is an analysis of the poem So Difficult It Becomes Not To Diminsh Life that begins with:
A mind that compares but is not there,
To evaluate or self examine......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE deeXXb ABCDE fbXffXX dX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,5,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011011 0010111010 11010100 10111 1100111110 111110 10101101 0101011010 001010100110 01111101010 01001001010 011011011 0010111010 11010100 10111 1100111110 0010011101 1000010100010 110000110101 1110100011101 00010010 111100010 001011101 101011 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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.
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- summary of So Difficult It Becomes Not To Diminsh Life;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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