This is an analysis of the poem Introspection that begins with:

If you go deep
Into the heart...

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: ABCcXcbXdd ABdXXdeeef XBCgXdfdfXbdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 0001 11111 11 1001001 100111001011 1001101 11010 001101 100111 0111 0001 1111 11 1101100 10101 10110001 100101011 10101101101 01110011011 01110 0001 11111 11 111111 1011001 1011 010100100101111 100101011 0110100 100110010011010010 1001101001 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 310
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, grief, lets are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words fear, grief, for, death, lets are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases fear, grief, death connect the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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