This is an analysis of the poem A Leaving Of The Feeling Of An Insecurity that begins with:

Don't be afraid to knock.
No....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAcD ebAebcd FGFAFHD FGFAFHD AbAcDXFGFAFHD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,7,7,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 1 100101 1 011101 1101110101 1 100101 110111101 1 1001011 010101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 01010101 110101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 01010101 110101 100101 1 100101 1 011101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 010101 01000100110100 01010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • 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 three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

    The poet repeated the same words locked, faked at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Leaving Of The Feeling Of An Insecurity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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