Modern Declaration by Edna St. Vincent Millay: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Modern Declaration that begins with:

I, having loved ever since I was a child a few things, never having
wavered...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddadcXXe dXbed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110111010111010 10 0101010110001000 110010010110011 1 1011011101101010 1011010000010011 10110010110010010 01011101011 1101111100100100 10110001 1111111 1101100010 11011010001001010011 100101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 348
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • 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; in, having are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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  • summary of Modern Declaration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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