This is an analysis of the poem Finding Beauty that begins with:

I went for a walk with my love
down to an old vacant lot she took me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd eccf ghijg akalc mfg nXioK akpnaccK badp pohgfK qlqejkXjmfcllaK
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,5,3,5,8,4,6,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 1011101111 101101 0111 111011 1111111 11001 1111 11001 01011 011010 111 101110 11111 111101 1101 1111 11101011 10101 11011010 0101 10101 0110011 1101010100 100101 1111011 101100 01101 110101 1010 0101011 110101 10111 1101 101100 11111 11011 011100101 1011001 01110 10100010 100110 10110100 011010 101100 1111 10110101 1111 1111 110 1011100 11101010 10101010 111110110 111111010 010100110 01010011 01111011 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word beautiful at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Finding Beauty;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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