This is an analysis of the poem The Expense Of Being Selective that begins with:
It's not that I am negative.
It just seems too exhausting, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDD aX cceXeXXABCDDee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111100 0111010 0111010 11101010 0110100 1001010010 010001010111 11100001 011001010 011110 01100100 110111100 10100111 01111100 0111010 0111010 11101010 0110100 10100101010 0101010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
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- summary of The Expense Of Being Selective;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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