This is an analysis of the poem More Precious To Value that begins with:

Time becomes more precious to value,
When a price is attached....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdddabdaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 101110010 101001 1010100101010 1010100010 110010 110101110 01001010 11010110010 111100101 101000110 101011101 0101010 010110 0100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 218
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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