This is an analysis of the poem Oh, Why Not Be Happy? that begins with:
[RUY BLAS, Act II.]
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbCAda eeddCAea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 11101001101 10101011011 11001001001 11101011011 111010 01101 101010 11011 01011011111 11001011001 010011011011 01001011101 111010 01101 110010 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Oh, Why Not Be Happy?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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