This is an analysis of the poem If You Find Yourself Alone that begins with:

If you find yourself alone, tell yourself:
Exile has altered its features… ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadXcXXXedfXcfeXbbdbcfbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111001110 11110010 101010010011 11101 11111 10110 110110101011 011010101010 01010101 011000101 0011 10111011 1111011 10101011 1111 0101111 1111 1111111 11011011 1110 0100111 01010110 111101 110111101 1011 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 786
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, of are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of If You Find Yourself Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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