This is an analysis of the poem Seeking that begins with:
There I cannot find thee, O my love!
In the city's clamour,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXbbAAccddAAeeXXAAddffa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011111 001010 0010010 10101010 10100010 111011111 111011111 111010 1101110 1101010 1111010 111011111 111011111 1101010 100101010 1011000 1010001 111011111 111011111 1001110 1101110 10111001 1110101 111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 783
- Average number of words per stanza: 147
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, there, where are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines love is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Seeking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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