This is an analysis of the poem Rarely Do We Reflect that begins with:
We choose what we wish.
And dish it....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabX XaXX accab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 110 101010 010111 10111 101010 00001100 01010001 11010010 110011 0101010 101101 01001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Rarely Do We Reflect;
- central theme;
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- history of its creation;
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