This is an analysis of the poem Patience Is The Key To One's Treasure that begins with:

A point once made,
Is useless to be repeated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXcXc aXXdc cbdaXbccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 01000010 010111111 000100100 11101010 10010111010 00100 11101010 111010101 101111111 111110101 0111100 10111011001 001010 11010 0011010 0101010 1 111101 00010001101 010000010001010 100010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

  • summary of Patience Is The Key To One's Treasure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar