This is an analysis of the poem Unhappy With It that begins with:

Fascinated with a life of leisure.
With a quickness to pick, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXc XbddXac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001010 001001 10010101110 1111001 1110101 110100111 111010010010 10100001001000 010011 100100010 1010011010011 01010100100010 1010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

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  • summary of Unhappy With It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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