This is an analysis of the poem Throwing Away The Keys that begins with:

People talk about life.
And the losing quality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcCD AXcXe CffbF XcfbF ABcCD Cfbf cefbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 1010100 1 10110 010011 101011 1101000 1 11101 11010101 1101010 1011100 0 0100 00100101 111101 1010001 0 0100 00100101 101011 1010100 1 10110 010011 1101010 0 0100 10100101 101010 0010001 0 0100 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same words people, blocked at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word keys at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Throwing Away The Keys;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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