This is an analysis of the poem With Acceptance As If Selected that begins with:

Too convenient has been made a dropping that exists,
Of one's responsibilites on the shoulders of others......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBC DAAAac DAAAAD DABC dAAAADXDADDADD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,6,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101010101 011000001010010 001101 10101001 010101 110101010 01000 00101010 011001 10101001 010101 110101010 01000 0010 10010 10101001 010101 011000001010010 001101 110101001 010101 110101010 01000 0010 10010 0010101101111 10010 10010 0010101101111 10010 10010 0010101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; as, if, with are repeated.

    The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of With Acceptance As If Selected;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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