This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got To Choose With Choice that begins with:

If you ate more protein,
To keep your body lean......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABB ACBB DceffDe ACBB AABcb DFcgDFXDXgDf DfFDcF AABB XDXfDcFdDFfXdFdFdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,4,5,12,6,4,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011111 011101 110110 1010010 0111100 100011 110110 0010010 110101 01010101 1101001 101011 1 110101 0100101 0111100 100011 110110 0010010 011111 011101 110110 101 0010 110101 111 1001 1 110101 111 1 110101 01001 11110 110101 0010101 110101 101 111 110101 01110101 111 011111 011101 110110 1010010 1 110101 0101010 111001111 110101 01010101 111 1 110101 001011 11110101 0 10110101 001011 1101 001011 101 001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word yes is repeated.

    The author used the same words if, you've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word disaster at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of You'Ve Got To Choose With Choice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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