This is an analysis of the poem Molded Goals that begins with:

Give me my right to have a life of variety.
With a choice I decide in my mind, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC ddceb FDEEDX ABC FDEEDX bbc de XgXDDgc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,3,6,3,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010100100 001101011 1111001101 10101010 11001 011011010 1101011111 010111 10111 10100001 1010011 01010 01011101 1110100 1111010100100 001101011 1111001101 10111 10100001 1010011 01010 01011101 1110100 10111001 11010010 100111010 10111010 1010111 101011010 1101110001 101 101 1001 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word molded is repeated.

    The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines goals is repeated).

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  • summary of Molded Goals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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