This is an analysis of the poem Acceptance Is The Key that begins with:

Once something is identified,
And recognized as a detriment......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXadE EXccdX EXeXfe afcd Xacfe gbabed EgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,4,5,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110110100 11010101 0100110010 00110000001 1010010101 010001 010001 0010 01101010 110001 0101001001 0110100101 010001 1010101 0101001001 0010000111110 10101010100 11001011101 10101101001 00100 10001100101 101010 1101001000010 11011011001 00100011010101 10010101011100 11111011101 0100011101100 00010101100 01001001101 1010100100 010011001 110101101 010001 1101101001 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word acceptance at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines key is repeated).

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

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