This is an analysis of the poem Fear Is What Quickens Me that begins with:

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Many animals that our fathers killed in America...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabXaXXcX X XaXca XXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,5,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101001110100100 111 110110 10111 011100011 010001 10100100110011 1110001 00101 1 10111010 1001 1111011010100010 00111 1001 1 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 77
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; moon, of are repeated.

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

  • summary of Fear Is What Quickens Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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