This is an analysis of the poem With A Goodwill Felt that begins with:

One day...
When we are all swimming, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbXbXbbbXbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111110 010101 100000010 110101001 1000110 0010110 1100100100 00111 010 11 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 281
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of With A Goodwill Felt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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