This is an analysis of the poem I Didn'T Have That As An Option that begins with:

Read this at your leisure.
With a doing to comprehend if wished....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdX cedcX XXXX ffbXXb XX bgcbXX XXXecfag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,6,2,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 0010010101 11110100101 101010111 10111 1101001 1001010111 01110010011010 11100111001 01010111 1 11110 0111101010 11101 11 111010111101 111011111 1111111011101 1101 1000101111 1 11101011 11 111100100100 01010000111 110001001 0101 00101011110 1 101101 11 11110100011 101 101110 110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, and, she are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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  • summary of I Didn'T Have That As An Option;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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