This is an analysis of the poem Making Decisions that begins with:
We make decisions.
Some of them quick....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCCC ABCCCC DE XefXf ABCCCCXDEa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,5,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 1001 1001 1001 00101 1001011001 11010 1001 1001 1001 00101 1001011001 110101101 0101011111 110111010 10111 110101 0101100 101111 11010 1001 1001 1001 00101 1001011001 110101101 0101011111 110010100111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; some, of, them, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same words we, how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word admit at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Making Decisions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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