This is an analysis of the poem Chosen As Their Options that begins with:
To be satisfied with a life one's got,
Is to be able to acknowledge mistakes made....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXX bXaXcX XXaXdd abcaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0010100111 000100010011 10101000010111 1 010101001 01111101 011001101 0101010100 1010001001101 01010100110101 1001110100 010110110101 011010101010011 0010111100010 0101001 110101110100 0111001010110 111111101110 11011111001 111111001 1010010010101 01111000010 1011100100101 1100101100110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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, it are repeated.
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- summary of Chosen As Their Options;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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