This is an analysis of the poem The Best Road To Take that begins with:

Sometimes the best road to take
Is the one not already paved....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcXcdbdccbcX AcdXeXeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101 00110101 11010 1101010 0010011 0101 11010001 1101 101000100 00001 10010 001 10001010 0101101 001001 0111010 11010101 01001 0100 110010100 11001 110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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 is repeated.

    The author used the same word sometimes 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 The Best Road To Take;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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