This is an analysis of the poem Choose Another Path To Take that begins with:

Too much energy continues to be wasted,
By those who lock horns in heated debates....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbdac XX b dXbX a XaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,1,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111000100010 1111101001 1000010101101 110100101010 00100100010111 1101010100110011 10001001001 101110010010110 111110011000100 1110101011 110100011001 11 11010101 011111001 0101001010101010 11101 11 11101001001 111110111110 1101101011101 101100101010111 11110110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

  • summary of Choose Another Path To Take;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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