This is an analysis of the poem Roads That Cross that begins with:
There are roads that cross,
From which one picks to choose....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcd cecbecFgAbfBA FgAbfBA eXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 011101 1001001010 00101 01010001 111101001 0101 111101 011010 0101101 1 11101101 101110 111010100 0110101 1 01101 0101001 11101101 10111010 111010100 0110101 1 01101 0101001 0110101 01 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, of are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word choose at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Roads That Cross;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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