This is an analysis of the poem The Old Love that begins with:

Out of my door I step into
The country, all her scent and dew,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ddgg hhff eecc ccXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111100 01010111 11011011 10110101 01010011 1101100111 01000111 01101101 01010111 01011101 111100101 01110111 01011111 01010100 10110111 01011101 01010111 10111101 01010101 10110101 00110101 110010111 11111111 11000101 00110111 11011101 11110111 00110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of The Old Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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