This is an analysis of the poem After Cooling Down From The Heat that begins with:

I stay prepared and ready,
To bring you to those depths......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdB CEFCG XaXfcbh ABCdB fX hchf X bc ABCdB CEFCG XXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,5,2,4,1,2,5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101110 011011 001011111 1 01100100100 110011111101 111101010 0110101 0100101 10111001111 1111010 11111010110 1011010111 101111101 111100110 101110100 1 1101110 011011 001011111 1 01100100100 1011 1111 1111 101110010 111 1010010001 1011 011001 11111011 1101110 011011 001011111 1 01100100100 110011111101 111101010 0110101 0100101 10111001111 1111000 1010101 10101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; i, you, have, to 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 After Cooling Down From The Heat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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