This is an analysis of the poem The Price? that begins with:
If you treat the opposite sex with reverence
will you pay a price?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba XXbX XbbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010010100 01101 011111011001 0110101 0110111010 0010101 0110101011 0110111 0001000110 1110101 101 110010101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The author used the same word if 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 The Price?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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