This is an analysis of the poem If We Choose To Ask that begins with:
We live to give.
And share in the taking....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXXX aXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 110010 01011000 11100101 0011100 101100 01101000 010010010010 101101101110 1001 01101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If We Choose To Ask;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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