This is an analysis of the poem Some Lessons Learned Have To Go Into Immediate Effect that begins with:

There are several reasons why,
I choose not to go out of my way for folks....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABbcc debfc ABeXe dcX bXXbc cffdXcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,3,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100101 11101101111 100110 101 101 1111101 100111 11110101000 010011010 00111001 11100101 11101101111 1010111 10010111 1111110111 111111101011 111010001101101 0111 111001011010111 1010110100010101 01111011010 011100001 00111101 110100111 1100101011 11010101 11010100010101100 010010101111 110110100010001 11101001 01001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Some Lessons Learned Have To Go Into Immediate Effect;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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