This is an analysis of the poem Who Walks Better In The Shoes One Wears? that begins with:

Never easy it is to detach,
And adapt to the loss of an emotional attachment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX Xbb cda dXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101000001 101001010100010 1010111101 10001011010 11010011011 1100100010001 10101110001 10101001 00101011010 1101010100001001 1101 111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Who Walks Better In The Shoes One Wears?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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