This is an analysis of the poem The More Appropriate Thing To Do that begins with:

Too many in the past,
Who had decided they would take......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXccda aXebaeXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 11010111 010011011 101001111001 010010000110001 1010110100010 1011001111 101010101011 1010001 11010110010100 110100111111 01101001010001 00101001011011 1100010101011 110010110001100 10010100101 10010110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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

  • summary of The More Appropriate Thing To Do;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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