This is an analysis of the poem Taking Too Long Is Not Recommended that begins with:
The only drawback there is,
To making up one's mind......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbCbb adbaeXfdbce feaXeXg hCChXhgcX ABXCbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,11,7,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101110 010111 00100101 001110100 11101010 001 011111010 10101001 10010001 1100111 100111011 1101011 101001000 1 0101010101 10101 011110010 110 11101 11100101 11 1 11101 11010111 1 1001 1001 11 1 11001 1110111 110101101 1101 0101110 010111 001001001 001110100 1 110010101110 1011011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Taking Too Long Is Not Recommended;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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