This is an analysis of the poem To Flee From Their Own Willfulness that begins with:

Will there be a scramble for lifeboats and flights,
When the seriousness of life......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaXXa cccddaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001011111 10100001 100101111101 0111 00100101001101 11011 01011100 1101001000010100 010101100 01011101100101 11011110010 0101010101011011 1101111111111 1110101011 1001010001 0011100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 word will at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To Flee From Their Own Willfulness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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