This is an analysis of the poem I Only Get To Pick One? that begins with:
Why is it always 'after' the fact,
Observed and witnessed deliberate actions taken......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcbbcX XX Xa X dbdXeccffdf X Xea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,2,1,11,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100111001 0111001001010 1001011101010 11101101110 00110011111 0011001011110 10100101000100101 1001000101011010 1101101 0100 0110010101101110 1101111011001 11111101 111010 11 11010 10101001001010 111110011111 0010011 1 1010 1011001110 10111010100 1111101 11010111 11 101111 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; as, not are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Only Get To Pick One?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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