This is an analysis of the poem Parenting Is A Commitment that begins with:

Parenting is a commitment,
Devoted to sacrificing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdbaaXaef fabgcXhhgXagea gbgXdXabehhgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,14,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10000010 01001010 101011 101010010 01111 10011111 1000101010 0110110101 011101 0101110 10101101 101010 110100111 1111110 100101 1011110 01010010101 100110 100100101110 010111101 101010101 010101011001 0111010100 100100010001 1110110001 1010110010 0010001011001 111001101 0101 01110111110 0101111010 11 11 1011 1011110101 110 01 01011111 1101 1111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 432
  • Average number of words per stanza: 75
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines kept is repeated).

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

  • summary of Parenting Is A Commitment;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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