This is an analysis of the poem Making Their Own Decisions that begins with:

Always!
Or at least more often than not....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCADaeXacfbaeXgdcDabgeg X dfgXeXb X aBCADbghe X hgga bedfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,1,7,1,9,1,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 11111011 1001110 001010110 110100010 100110101 1 1101001 1011010 01101010 11101 101011001 1 1 101010100100 1011110010 0101001010 111110 110100010 1110101101 11101 01000111111 1010111 011010011010 100 11101110111 01001 1 011010101010 1011111011 011 1111111011100 101 11 11111011 1001110 001010110 110100010 10101101010 11011101 0100011001 11101111 11111011 1 101 11101 11011011 11011 100101010 111 111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

  • summary of Making Their Own Decisions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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