This is an analysis of the poem Need that begins with:
What do we need for love—a midnight fire
Flinging itself by fistfuls up the chimney...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXcabXcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111101110 10011101010 0111011101 1011010001 01010001010 101100100101 01010100010 1101010101 0110111111 1001010111 110101011 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 513
- Average number of words per stanza: 96
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Need;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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