This is an analysis of the poem More Convincing that begins with:

There is always a price to pay.
Of some kind....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeecfef abXgX a aaXXegeX c fdaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,1,8,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101 011 1001001 111101010 10010101001 101010 101101 11000100001 10010001 01001 100011111 1111101 00101110 11010100 101110011 1101011 11011 101 1010001 011010 1011110110 1010111000 1110111 10101110110 00110110100 1111011101 00111110 111000011111 110100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of More Convincing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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