This is an analysis of the poem Like A Jackhammer Does To Concrete that begins with:
Believe in what you choose.
That has remained your policy....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXXXabAXXcbXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 010111 11011100 01000100101 111 001111001 100010 101101010 010111 1101111001 110101100101 10100010111 1110111 110 0100101101 1001000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Like A Jackhammer Does To Concrete;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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