This is an analysis of the poem Opportunities To Them Came that begins with:

Opportunities to them came,
To eventually connect to meaning....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACADE affeeggXdd ABACADE AECEAGDDG AECEAGDDG ABACADE AEAEAXeX aeXcdeXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,7,9,9,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100001 00100001010 10100001 01 10100001 1100010 010001 101001 110101001 0100111001 0101101 0011011101 111001101001 1010 0001011 0010010100 1110111 10100001 00100001010 10100001 01 10100001 1100010 010001 11011 111101 1011010 110101 11011 111101 011101 11010011 1101 11011 111101 1011010 110101 11011 111101 011101 11010011 1101 10100001 00100001010 10100001 01 10100001 1100010 010001 11011 111101 11011 110101 11011 1100100 1101000100 11110101 11111 11 1000101010 110001 10100 001 01110111101 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, they are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words opportunities, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Opportunities To Them Came;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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