This is an analysis of the poem When It Is Advantageous that begins with:
There comes a time for one and for all,
When an honesty felt that has been taught......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbc bbabbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111111 1110011101 00101010011 00110 001010101 011101101 11111001 1011001 11111001010 11001010 010011 1110100001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When It Is Advantageous;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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