This is an analysis of the poem Embrace that begins with:
You know the parlor trick.
wrap your arms around your own body...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcabddXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 111011110 1001011 1100101 011011 01011011 0010001010 1101101 11111101 110101010 01100110 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Embrace;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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