This is an analysis of the poem It Was A Decision Made that begins with:
Everytime I begin to write,
I have an encounter with reality....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXa aXaXX aCXCdda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10110101 11101000100 1001110100100 110101110101 10011010010001 1110101101 1110111010111 111 1110101010 00110001110011 01111010111 0100101 01111010110010 0100101 0111101011001 11 0111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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- summary of It Was A Decision Made;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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