This is an analysis of the poem Romance that begins with:

To clasp you now and feel your head close-pressed,
Scented and warm against my beating breast;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd dd ee ffXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111111111 1011011101 0101110011 1101010011 0111110101 1111010111 1111111101 0100110101 0111011111 1111010101 01110010100 11110011101 0011110011 1100011101 1100111001 0100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, words, it are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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