This is an analysis of the poem When Laughter Done By Others End that begins with:
Who can claim success,
Without ever taking chances? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdedb bXefeebg XXgbfc XX afebbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,2,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 01101010 110110 101110100 1010010 1110011 100010 10100101 1100101 01010010 100111 1101101 101011101 1101010111 001111111 1010010101010 1 100010001 000101 100 010011011101 011010110100 1110010 010110101 100100100101010 1011001101 101001100 111 10101 111001010 001010001101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; who, to are repeated.
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- summary of When Laughter Done By Others End;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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