This is an analysis of the poem Wouldn'T Want To Trade To Be In Your Shoes that begins with:

Even if you decided not to show up,
Or came late with another excuse to make......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcadde fgfbfhhXh ibbdhbghgb Xedbfd bXcbcggXhcX eiebjeeXecedcgcjb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,10,6,11,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101011 11100100101 1010010 00101011 00110101001 11101 1100101011 11011 1010101 101 111001 0100111 0100101 1 11110111 110 11011001 1111011 0111110 1110101 01 11001 1011011110 01111 11110 10101010 10110 1111001110 10011101 111100101 10101111010 111 101100101 11111 011010101 01011 11001101101 111101001 011010 11110110 010 1100101 1101111 01101 10101111 111011 101110111 1101 11111 1011 01110101 1110101111 110110111 01101001101 111110001 11011101 11010100011 10110111 101111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; to, and, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Wouldn'T Want To Trade To Be In Your Shoes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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