This is an analysis of the poem Your Determination that begins with:
We've come to a dead end.
And to retreat now, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcX adXdXXefXe dgef cgbd X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011 10011 10111010 0101010 11 110100100 100101010111 00101100100100 01100100 1 1001001110101 1001010011010 10011 110101 111010001001 1100110101 1100010011101 01001100 1010101101010 1110100110 011101 100100100 11100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 23
- 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; it, you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word but 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 Your Determination;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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