This is an analysis of the poem Whatever It Is That Makes You Happy that begins with:
Whatever it is that makes you happy,
Happiness given is what it takes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abccb AdeedXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100011110 100100101 1011001101 11100101 0010111 1100011110 0111011001 1100001001 10001 1110101 10111011 0110001101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
The author used the same word whatever at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Whatever It Is That Makes You Happy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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