This is an analysis of the poem Selective that begins with:
Those that write...
Know there is no easy way to it, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba acde fafXa gcaaXaa ahadcbX cXXX ihhf X XXiX XeX dhXbgb bX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,7,7,4,4,1,4,3,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 110110100 0101 1010 1001101 111100 00101111 1011110101 111 10011 0010000101 1111 1111 0110101001 00111 111110 0010001101 00101 11010001 110100111 101010001 11111 011100 01011 111111 111 110101100 1110011 1100 111011 11110011 10 110101001 11001000111 11 1110001 10111010 111000010 101111100 1011110101 1 111 10101110 1 001010101001010 0100110110 1101110010 011 011101110 111 1101111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 51
- 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; it, to, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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- summary of Selective;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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