This is an analysis of the poem Other Directions that begins with:
Those with creative proclivities,
Doing what they love....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcadecXebcdXXabadXeca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100100 10111 11010011 111101100 0010011101 101011 1001101 11110010 101010010111 11100010 110101 011001001 110 00001001011 101001111 01101001010 1010010001111 1100100100111 0111010 10100110010010 10010101 1001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 791
- Average number of words per stanza: 133
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Other Directions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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