This is an analysis of the poem Letting Go that begins with:
For so long I buried and denied
the anger that dwelt within...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdceX fgagc Xdha babh gXeXih XXjXi eakk bjfbjj XdhgXjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,4,6,5,4,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 0101101 110101101 1111101 1101011 11111 1010110 1110100 111010 111010 1010 111111 110001 01001 11000111 001111 11110 11110 1101101 111010101 11110 1101 01001 11101 0111111 1111010 01101 11111 1101101011 11011110 1101110 1111 101 110010 01101010 11111 011 11001 11101 1111 111111 10111 11111 1111 11110 11111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; have, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, i, you, and, yes are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Letting Go;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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