This is an analysis of the poem Childhoods They've Never Left that begins with:

Chances not to take to escape away,
From a routine way of life....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcde aXdXdbb cXXedceedb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100101 0001101 110101000 10101000010 1010010 10101111 111100111 100100101 001001010010101 10110100101 101101110 011100101010 0111101 11010100100010 000100001 101001010001 11011001001 0111010101 0101001 010111 11111011 11100101 1110100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Childhoods They've Never Left;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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