This is an analysis of the poem Whatever Else You Do that begins with:
Whatever else you do or forbear,
impose upon yourself the task of happiness;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXaXX XXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110111110 010110010100 111101010 001010 11101101 01000101010 101110111 10111111000 11110111 0010101 111100101 110111110 0010010010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Whatever Else You Do;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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