This is an analysis of the poem Very Easy For Me To Use that begins with:

I live to accept,
The life I have been given....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcaXXX bdbbXXac EFCDCF EFCDCFXCCCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 0111010 011101 01011101 11111101 0101101010100 011100101 0101100010 1 111 11010011110 101001000010 1010101010111 110 1001 11101110101101 11111101 10101101 10101101 11011101 110101101 10101101 11111101 10101101 10101101 11011101 110101101 10101101 111101101 110101101 111101101 110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, easy, for, me, very, my, faith, use are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines use is repeated).

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

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  • summary of Very Easy For Me To Use;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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