This is an analysis of the poem It Is My Preference That Has Changed that begins with:

You've adopted images created,
To become your beliefs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb XbXX bcXdd aXca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100010 001101 1011111 10100 1101001010 010001000100 01110000 1001010110 1 111001 11100001 111011 111011 110010 11001110 11 001100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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:

    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.

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

  • summary of It Is My Preference That Has Changed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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