This is an analysis of the poem To Be As It Is To Please Those Who Enjoy That that begins with:
It is what it is!
No matter if one's perception, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbb bcabaXXb Xbadbb XcbadbXXbbabdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,6,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00100 11001010 1101 1010101 11110 1001011011 000100 11111000 1111010 1011010 0110100 11001101 1111001001010 1010100111 100101010 01011101 01100 11011 111100111 10110 11001010011 100 10100100 110011011000 0111011 1101101 01001011101 1001 00100 0111011 110110 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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.
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; it, one, to, what, be, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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- summary of To Be As It Is To Please Those Who Enjoy That;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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