This is an analysis of the poem Choosing To Have Amnesia that begins with:

Believing that an escape,
Eliminates what has chased......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXcddaXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101 0101111 101 0100101 101111 00111 0110101101010 1101010 10011001101 011011001010 1011110 111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; as is repeated.

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

  • summary of Choosing To Have Amnesia;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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