This is an analysis of the poem Coward that begins with:
I know,
Why you do not look back...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABccde fghe hhbAB ABee ideeeg bAbABXjjkeXe lXehXkAB kjckae hifem eecXg iiccehaihcl Ghl Xhhcc egG AMcm ggeceeeAM Agmgjlcl mmgmAg Acihc dXdc ecigkgig X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,5,4,6,12,8,6,5,5,11,3,5,3,4,9,8,6,5,4,8,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 111111 111101 101001 010101 001 10100101 11 11011001 110101 11001 1011 10101 11 111111 11 111111 10111001 101101 111101 0010011 101000111 1101 1011 001011 111 11 111111 11 111111 1110 1111 111 00100 1110 011010 0110110 1100110 10010 011010 1101 0101001 01001 11 111111 1110 01100011 1110101 1111 1001 010001 1011 0101010 101010001 1101110010 100100 1111011 010001 11110 11110 1101001 01111 11001 011101 11010 0101001 110101 1101 0101011 0010110 1110 1110 111011 10010001 001101010 0100 0101 0101101 11011101 01111 10101 110011 111011 11 11101100 0100110 010100 0111001 10110011 011 0110 101001 111001010 1101 11 11101100 11 1110011 010100 111100111 00101 010010 111 11010 10010010 011100 01000111 101110 11 1110011 11 10101 010 11001 11101 11001 11010 0101 01111 101001 00111 1010 011001 01101 01001 101010 111101 01001001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 128
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Coward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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