This is an analysis of the poem To Recognize A Satisfaction that begins with:

Better it is,
To do something everyday that benefits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbd AccAb ddcee XefXe cAeedXFFDFFD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000 01101011100 001010101001 11001 001011010101 1000 001101 100110010001 0100110 101011010 0101011101 1101001101 010101010001 10100011101 101010001011 0 01001101 010101010 11001001101 0110011101 1000101 0100110 10110011101 001 001110101010101 11 10101010 101 11 10101010 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word better at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word do at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To Recognize A Satisfaction;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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