This is an analysis of the poem Substitutions that begins with:
There are times when substitutions,
Can become the best solution......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xded faedgbeg ddXddXebd cabcXe hX b dX addeg fX h X fgXc gX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,9,6,2,1,2,5,2,1,1,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 10101010 001011100 010001010001 100101 100101011 1100100001 00100110100 10111 10111010 101101 1001 111001 1010011 10010011 0101 1101001 110101001 10110 010101 010101 011010 011110010 101101 1100001 101001 10101010 010011 01000101 01101111 1000010 111101111 111111 1 11010110 1011111100 01001 11010001 1101 100101010 11010111 1011 11100111 111 1 11101 0111111 10100 11 111111 100
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- 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:
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, i, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Substitutions;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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