This is an analysis of the poem Wouldn'T It Be Nice that begins with:

Wouldn't it be nice,
To live a life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcccaaXXabdeeXcdefc AXaacfdf dadXXX XXcGXG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,8,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 0101 1011100 11101 110100011 1010101 001101 1111010 0110011 011001 1101 100110 001 1010 010 0011 00100001001001 00 1110010011 1100110 10001 0110101100 10100101111 000010001000101 100010101011 111 001010 10100100110101 11 11110010110 1011001101 111010101010101 1101 1110111 101110011010 11010 1110111 0101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i'm are repeated.

    The author used the same word wouldn't at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fear is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word fear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Wouldn'T It Be Nice;
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