This is an analysis of the poem Much Too Valuable To Let You Waste that begins with:

I had to change.
My mind kept begging me to do it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXb bXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 111101010 10100101 11110101010 110111 0111 10111101 101011 0101010 1111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Much Too Valuable To Let You Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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