This is an analysis of the poem Gifted Ticket Taken that begins with:

With a gifted ticket taken,
Anyone can go to places......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc Ad Adca Acbbe ACXFe ACcFa AEFGE AEFGEXAEAEAEFGE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,4,5,5,5,5,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101010 10011010 0010101 00101010 0011000101 100101010 10010011 0111 101001 00101010 1101 111101110 110100101 0101001001110 100101010 111 11001 0010111 01010101 100101010 111 1101 0010111 100101010 100101010 1011101 010 01 01111001101 100101010 1011101 010 01 01111001101 100101010 1011101 100101010 1011101 100101010 1011101 010 01 01111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, or, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words with, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word salivate at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Gifted Ticket Taken;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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