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

When skies are blue and days are bright
A kitchen-garden's my delight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbb ccdd eeaa ffdd XXff dXgg eehh XXiiXaAii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010111 110100101 01010111 10110101 01010101 10110111 01111011 11100111 11010101 01110101 01001101 010010101 11010110 10010111 11010011 11010101 11110101 110111010 11110001 11110101 10010101 11010100 11110101 11010101 100110101 11010100 01110101 11010101 11011101 01010101 010001111 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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