This is an analysis of the poem The Poet’s Choice that begins with:
I.
'Twas in youth, that hour of dreaming; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbbcdddcX eeeabbXaX fffgdddgX aaaXbbbda hhhijjjia kkkkkkkkX dddXgggk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 101110010 11101010 10101010 11101 10100101 1010101 1000101 10011 1 11101001 100101 1111101 10011 11111010 11111010 1111111 10011 1 1111101 1110101 0111101 10001 11111010 00101110 10010010 01101 1 1110101 1110101 1110101 100100 11101010 10101010 11111110 11101 1 11111010 11101110 11101010 01101 110111001 11010101 11011111 110001 1 11111101 0110111 1011101 010101 111110010 11101010 11101110 111101 1 1111111 11110101 1011101 10110 1110101 1010101 11011101 00110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Poet’s Choice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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