This is an analysis of the poem Time Sacrificed With Motivation Kept that begins with:

Choosing what one wishes to do,
Is at first ridiculed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcddX babab cdcXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111001 011101 01000101001 01000100 010101 1010101 1001010101 001001010001111 11101001010 111010110 1011011011 101111101 0101010101 111101010101 1101 011101110 00101010100010 1101010010101 010100100111010 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Time Sacrificed With Motivation Kept;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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