Choices To Be Cautious by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Choices To Be Cautious that begins with:

Choices to be cautious,
Doesn't cheapen the cost....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAC Xadb EBADBA CCCC ABAC CCCC EBADBA ABcdC faBCdCfABCdC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,4,4,6,5,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 101001 1101010 11100100 11110101 01101 10100010 11101010 101011111001 101001 11100010 11101011100101 101001 11100010 10101010 1010101 10101010 1110101 100010 101001 1101010 11100100 10101010 1010101 10101010 1110101 101011111001 101001 11100010 11101011100101 101001 11100010 100010 101001 101010 1 110010 1 1100010 101001 1101010 1 110010 1 100010 101001 1101010 1 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • 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.

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  • summary of Choices To Be Cautious;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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