This is an analysis of the poem The Cost that begins with:
The cost one pays,
To delay decisions to make......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdbddefedcaaaecd XGXXX cGgdcfhchXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111 00101001 101011 1010 11010001 11110 0101111 100 10111 1010001 10100 11000101 11 111011 00101001 001001 110010100 1101010 1010011 1 1111 11001 1011 01000 1 1111 01101 11101 01110101 10011 011111 0011010 110010 110110 101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Cost;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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