This is an analysis of the poem The First Steps that begins with:
Last night I held my arms to you
And you held yours to mine...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbddbd efXfaghG bcXcchghXebhbagfG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 111101 11010101 110101 11011101 110001 11111101 111101 11110111 010101 111111010 111001 11011101 111111 11110101 011001 11011111 010101 11010011 110101 10111111 111101 11011111 111011 11010101 110101 11110101 110101 11111111 110001 11010101 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; to, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, your are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The First Steps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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