This is an analysis of the poem Your Fear that begins with:

I try to blame
When from your eyes the battle-flame...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccdc eeXe ffef bbdb ggag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 10110101 1111101 11111111 1111 10111111 01111101 11111101 0111 11010101 11010011 101101001 01111 11010101 1011001010 110010101 1001 11011101 11110101 10111111 1011 11110011 10110011 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, i are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases alone, springs, young connect the lines.

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

  • summary of Your Fear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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