This is an analysis of the poem That Voice Of Choice Is Their Own that begins with:

When a game of catch up,
Believed can be played to be done......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabacbca dccc dXXbXcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 01101001 0010101111 010011101 001001 1111 100011 11101011 11010001 0011010 1101000100 1100101001100 011010100 1110110111 10000101100 11001101111001 001001011 1111 11 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; be is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of That Voice Of Choice Is Their Own;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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