This is an analysis of the poem Her My Body that begins with:

about the left nipple
of the woman in the bathroom....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdefcfg ghXaig hbcgf djDkDfj dgcfc lil jaXlmj hgk iifdiff hgcmk geg ilgXgbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,6,5,7,5,3,6,3,7,5,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110 00100011 101001010 111001 11010 101001 101010 1110111 110011 000010101 011101 100101011 001010001 1101000 111011 01101101 101011 110101001 01010110 01111 101001 111100010 1001 11101001 1001 11011 0110100101 111111 010101111 0100010 110101 100100010 1111 0010 11011 1110100010 111011101 001101101 1111100101 11101111010 11001001010 1010 101011010 11001 110101010 101010010 11 101001 001010010 10111 01011010 1001001010 10110100 11110 010110 11001 10010010 101010110 100101 1101010 11111 01110010 011100 1011110 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; bed, she, to are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bed is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word bed 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 Her My Body;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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