This is an analysis of the poem Choosing Losses As Their Gains that begins with:

Too many...
People....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbACAXD AEAFAgF D GGFD FDDD g AbACAXD AEAFAgF D GGFD FDDDg hhhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,1,4,4,1,7,7,1,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 10 110 01101 110 11100 111 110 010 110 1111 110 0101 101 1010111 11101 1110111 101111 011 01101 101011 111001 111 1011001 110 10 110 01101 110 11100 111 110 010 110 1111 110 0101 101 1010111 11101 1110111 101111 011 01101 101011 111001 111 0101 10 0100 1001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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 Choosing Losses As Their Gains;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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