This is an analysis of the poem The Fist that begins with:
The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabb XaXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 10010111 101010 011111011 01011011 1101000101 1001100 1001010001 101000001 1111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, this are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Fist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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