This is an analysis of the poem Your Initiative that begins with:
Your initiative whether or not accepted,
Keep it effective....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCCDA ABCCDaA Xdba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101001011010 10010 1010011001 0101111101 10100010101000011 10100010101010101 101001011010 10010 1010011001 0101111101 10100010101000011 00010 10100010101010101 1100 01010101110111 10100 010101011101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, initiative are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.
The author used the same word your at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word command at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Your Initiative;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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