This is an analysis of the poem Praise Life that begins with:

This country least, but every inhabited country
Is clotted with human anguish....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX bac cXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011100010010 01001010 0101111 100111101101 11011010 10000101 11001110101 101010010 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; life, praise are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Praise Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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