This is an analysis of the poem The Lucky Ones that begins with:

stuck in the rain on the freeway, 6:15 p.m.,
these are the lucky ones, these are the...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcX dXe fg cXd XX bXe bc XX e gfeb XgfhhXabgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,2,3,2,3,2,2,1,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011011111 110101110 100001101101111 11001111011010 00111001011 110111111 01100111111 010101011011 110110101101 1011010011011 1110010111 01101001001 010111101011100 01101010100101 0010110100101010 0110101111110 1010001 100011100101110 111 10001011111101 10 1110111 0101001001111001 11111 0110111101 0101001010110100 1011 1 11100010111 0101011 1111101 100111101 101010101110 11010101011000101 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of The Lucky Ones;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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