This is an analysis of the poem Someone Made The Decision that begins with:

Why do people leave,
From places once felt comfortable? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcde XXfefXXfXaBadcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 010111000 1110010 00101 01010010100 100101000 0111101 010100101 11110101 101 1110010100 01011111 110010101 11101 010111000 11011101 110111101 1010001001 01011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Someone Made The Decision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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