This is an analysis of the poem The Choice that begins with:
Life, come to me in no pale guise and ashen,
I care not for thee in such placid fashion! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbab ccddcd eefXef gghhgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111110 11111011010 111101 011111 11111111010 01011011001 10110101110 11110101110 1000101 110101 11010011110 11001101001 111000100110 01111100110 110101 110100 11001101110 1101111100 11111111110 01011111010 0110001 101111 100110110010 0111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, thy, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Choice;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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