This is an analysis of the poem There Are Those Exceptions that begins with:

Many have spent lifetimes,
Doing their best......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXabXcba XX XaaXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 1011 0010101001 111011101 101000110001 110 111010 1001011 0010100101010 001010100 1010001 11010100100100 1 1101001 1 1111011101 1111 111111 1010110 001111 1000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

  • 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 There Are Those Exceptions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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