This is an analysis of the poem An Apprehension that begins with:
IF all the gentlest-hearted friends I know
Concentred in one heart their gentleness,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabX acdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01010010111 1000111100 1111010111 1111011101 0111110001 0101011111 1001010100 110111101 1101110111 1101011101 0011110111 0101111111 1111110101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of An Apprehension;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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