This is an analysis of the poem Why Throw Away An Opportunity that begins with:
Each day presents,
Another opportunity to vent! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBC dXXX XXa XXce debXABBC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 0101010001 100 11101110100 11101111 01101 10010101011000 111010011111 0100100110 10010010110 101100001 110101 01001011 1100011010100 100100101010 1001 11111010101 110 1110 0101010001 100 11101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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