This is an analysis of the poem Not Obligated To Offer Options that begins with:

She knew and understood,
The man I would today become....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBacXdeXfeeaX eeeaedeX aBghihehX faXicagefchje hhXijXehaXehahh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,8,9,13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101 01110101 1101101 001011111 11110 10111101 111 00011010 11111101 101111 11000101 1111111 11011 111001 111001 10111000100 1110100001 011111101 11111100100 10101010 1010010011 11011101 01110101 001011 01110111 1000100111001 11101 100101001000 1101101011 1011111101 11 11001 010101110001 11010100 111 101001001010 11010101001 101 0010001001 1101001011 110100100010 01011 11001010110 01 111111010 1001101001010 11011110100 101010011 11111110101 011011011 0100100010010 101110101 10101110 01101001010 110100101111 1101101010 1100100100 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, to, it are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Not Obligated To Offer Options;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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