This is an analysis of the poem Covering Wings that begins with:

Love! Love! Your tenderness,
Your beautiful, watchful ways... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdeed XcXcbcffX fbgXgghhgXiciagggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100 1100101 1111101 1100101 10011101 1001110 1010 1110 01101010 1111011 11111 1000111110 111111 111100101 111101 100010 10010 10011100 1011100 1100101 101111001 10100010 101011101 000111 0111 11011 1111101 111011 10111001 1111111 0111001 1101100101 1101101 11 0001 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word neither is repeated.

    The author used the same word love 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 Covering Wings;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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