This is an analysis of the poem The World's All Right that begins with:

Be honest, kindly, simple, true;
Seek good in all, scorn but pretence;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab CcccaadD eeffffdD ggddhhdD aXdXiidD jjkklldD ccllffdD mmnnffdDXCcllbbdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10011110 11010101 01010100 01110111 11010100 11110111 11011101 10010011 11110111 11000101 11011111 11010111 10010101 01001111 11111101 10100101 11010111 01110101 11011111 11010101 0111001101 01011001 01010111 01010111 01010101 11011101 11011111 11010101 0101011100 01010100 01010100 01010101 01011101 11101001 11011111 01111101 11110111 01011001 01100100 11010101 01110101 11111101 11011111 11010001 11111101 10110111 11111101 11001011 11110001 11110101 11011111 0100101 01110101 11010101 11000101 11010111 11010101 11010111 11011111 01110111 11111100 11110101 11010111 10010011 11010001 110111001 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; million, and, your, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, immortal, just, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word just at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of The World's All Right;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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