This is an analysis of the poem Whether Enjoyed To Like Or Hated that begins with:

Most have lived to pick their choices,
Throughout their lives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aABC dddXedaAXe BCebXacaa bffXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,9,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101110 0111 100101110 1010011100 101111 101101000010111 0010110010001 11010011111 0010101101 1 10111101110 0111 11001010111 010011111111 100101110 1010011100 11010100101010 001000101 100111001 11010111 0110110100 110010101110100 0100100001011 1 0011010010001 1101111101 1001 110100111010010 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 Whether Enjoyed To Like Or Hated;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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