This is an analysis of the poem To See Life As A Riddle that begins with:
Life,
Is what we make it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBBCabdeABBC dcXe XXbABBcXaBbcacbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,4,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01110 1101 0111010 11 11010 0010101 1101001 11 01110 1101 0111010 110101 0111010 101 1010101 1101 0101010 0010100 11 01110 1101 1000010 1 01110 1101 10101010 11011 01101010 1101 10111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of To See Life As A Riddle;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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