This is an analysis of the poem After Climax Satisfies that begins with:
Sometimes I believe we live,
To deny we wish to be loved....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD eaf cXgg ccXgbgc ABCDac Xbbbcgf XdcegXcdbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,7,6,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0110111 00111001 0010100 11011101 0110111 00010 1111010100 01100100 0111001101 10111011010 1010 11001001000 0111110111 10011 011010001011 111010111110 11100111110 010110101011 0110111 00111001 0010100 11011101 11111 1111 11110011110 101011 011011 01101101 000100101010 1101110101101 010010 0110111011 110100111 011010010000 1010111011 11 11110111010 1111010110 0111010 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, how are repeated.
The author used the same word sometimes at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of After Climax Satisfies;
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