This is an analysis of the poem Listening that begins with:
I listen to the stillness of you,
My dear, among it all; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb cdcd defe cgeg fhfh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001001 110101 11110111111 11001 111101 01001 1101110010 1001 011111 11111 1101101101 1101 011101 01110 1101011010 01110 1101001 1000101 1101001010 0101 11101010 11001 01100110 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i, and, of are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listening;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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