This is an analysis of the poem Who Benefits From This Restricted Existence that begins with:

What is it about our lives lived,
So many are finding hard to accept? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDDEE edbadae ABCDDEE abaaaXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10001111 1101101001 100010001011 111111100101 0100100011011 11111010 011110010101 1100110011100 11001100100001 011001 0101001000001 10010010110101 11110101110 01010010101 10001111 1101101001 100010001011 111111100101 0100100011011 11111010 011110010101 111101010 11101001 00101 11111010 01001101 110000010010 10101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, to are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Who Benefits From This Restricted Existence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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