This is an analysis of the poem There Has To Be 'something' Left To Salvage that begins with:

There has to be 'something' left to salvage.
Something with a footstep placed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCbXd ebfg ABC XghX XbiXd ged Aiihdbdgg gggfd Xbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,3,4,5,3,9,5,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001010 1000111 110010100 100010110 1100101 1101111 100111011 10100101 11010100111 1111011 11001001010 1000111 110010100 1101001101 11000 110010101011 1010010001100 1110010 10101011 1011010100 111000101101 1101001101 111111010 10010001010 111111001 11001001010 101010010100 101100 1101001101 110100001 111100 101 0101101 10011001101 101110 1111 111110 01010101 011 110101101 1011001101111 11100101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; that, to, and, he are repeated.

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  • summary of There Has To Be 'something' Left To Salvage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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