This is an analysis of the poem Specifically Picked And Selectively Chosen that begins with:

There will always be the ones,
Specifically picked and selectively chosen......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abbaba AXcXcd AbdddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011001 010011010010 011010010010001 11111110 01001001010 011001010100 1011001 010011010010010 111001110000111 0110101 1101111101 1110101000101011 1011001 101101100101 101010111001 010011100 101000100 00111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Specifically Picked And Selectively Chosen;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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