This is an analysis of the poem Intimate, Low-Voiced, Delicate Things that begins with:

It is marvellous to wake up together
At the same minute; marvellous to hear...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcdd ceXeXXff XgXgdbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100011010 1010110001 010110011001 01011001 10011001110 0011010001 110010110 1010110010 10100101011001 0001011111 0101011011 001110111 10111011011 11010100 101110011010 101010101100 1001101101 011101111 1111100100 11101111011 0100101000101 01110101100 101101010101110 1111011001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 347
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; to, without, our are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Intimate, Low-Voiced, Delicate Things;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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