This is an analysis of the poem To Value Things To Chase that begins with:
To value things to chase,
Seems such a waste of life....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddXaXd becbfaf gXX XeXc X dXbXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,3,4,1,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 110101 1001101 1111 011010 01101111 01001000 111 001010010 10101011 111101100 0100001010 0101111 100101011 11001101 00100010 1110111000111 1101001 1111 111110101 1111011100 1101010 01111011110100 11100 111 10110101 0111010101001 0100100111111 11111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of To Value Things To Chase;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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