This is an analysis of the poem Addiction that begins with:
I miss the intimacy.
But I do not miss the secrecy, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Aab ccd efeeggbeced AfhXehgebXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101000 111110100 11011101 1111 11010101011 1111110101 110101011 010010 101110 111101 11010101 101110110101 01111001 110111010 0011010111 110010 111101 1101000 1110101010 10100 11101 1000001 111010101 100011011111 1 0110100101101 11100 00111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; miss, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 Addiction;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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