This is an analysis of the poem Who Awakened Would Be Envious that begins with:

Why is it,
When a person has decided......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXb bdeXXXaad Xebf af cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,4,2,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 10101010 011011001 00101010010 11011111 1111 0010010010 101000010 1111001 0101 0110100010 1110100 0010000101 101000101 111 10100100110 011101 11 10101010000 101011101 101 0010 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of Who Awakened Would Be Envious;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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