This is an analysis of the poem Gifted With Choices To Choose that begins with:

Were you not...
Gifted with choices to choose....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABAcAdE AfAfAdg gagbXd ABABAcAdE dX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,6,9,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1001001 1011 10100001 011 10 011 1 001 011 10100111 011 10101 1011 01010 11101110101 1101 01101010 011 1010 10110111 1111101101 011 1001001 1011 10100001 011 10 011 1 001 11011110 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word did is repeated.

    The author used the same word were at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Gifted With Choices To Choose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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