This is an analysis of the poem Dilemma that begins with:
Whatever we do, whether we light
strangers’ cigarettes—it may turn out ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXcXcaXab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111011 101010111 0000101001101 001101011 11011011101 1001110111000 110111011011 111011001 1101010011 10110111100 110111110 111111 11010110110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 518
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; we is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dilemma;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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