This is an analysis of the poem Before They Choose that begins with:
People know those mixed signals sent.
And what is meant intended....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABCC bABddbC ABCCbe ABCXABCCbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,7,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 1101010 1011010111 10111101 1101010 1011010111 001 101010101 10111101 1101010 10101 01 1 1011010111 10111101 1101010 1011010111 001 1 1 10111101 1101010 1011010111 10111101 1101010 1011010111 001 1 1
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; people, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Before They Choose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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