Поэт доволен, когда рифма звучит естественно и легко.

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Breakdown of Поэт доволен, когда рифма звучит естественно и легко.

• звучать: to sound
• когда: when
• доволен: satisfied

Questions & Answers about Поэт доволен, когда рифма звучит естественно и легко.

What exactly does доволен mean here, and how is it different from счастлив or рад?

Доволен means pleased, satisfied, content with something, usually in a calm, balanced way.

• Доволен: focus on satisfaction with a result or situation.
  
  • Поэт доволен – The poet is pleased / satisfied (with this).
• Счастлив: happy, fortunate, a stronger, more emotional happiness.
  
  • Поэт счастлив – The poet is (truly) happy.
• Рад: glad, glad about something, often about a specific event.
  
  • Поэт рад, что рифма звучит хорошо – The poet is glad that the rhyme sounds good.

So in this sentence, доволен suggests the poet feels a calm satisfaction when the rhyme sounds natural and easy, not necessarily deep happiness.

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Why is there no word for is (like есть) in Поэт доволен?