This is an analysis of the poem The Choice that begins with:
Some inherit manly beauty,
Some come into worldly wealth;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX adadaeae fefedddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1100101 11101010 1010101 10110010 1111100 01101010 11101 01111010 1110101 10011010 1010101 11101010 1110101 10101110 11101 11101010 1010101 00100010 0010101 101010010 1010101 11001010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; some, i, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, i are 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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