This is an analysis of the poem Breather that begins with:
Back in the time when you breathed
I would say breath to you and you...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXabbcXXc bdebffbgb dgeXXdXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,9,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001111 11110111 1101 11110111110 111100100010 0111 011011 111111 01110 001000100001010100 011111111 0101010 11010 0110010 010010110 1111101 111001 110110 1111010 10101011010 110010 110 1101011 1010110 011010 11001110 111110 111010101 10
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, would are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, they, we, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Breather;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
