This is an analysis of the poem Before I Met You that begins with:

Before I met you,
I felt like nothing was new....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaba cXd Xdec ADbADAFAG ADAGAG ADAFAGEabGXAbGEAbGEAbGEAbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,9,6,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 1111011 10 01110011 011011 1010 1 01101111 1010111 11 100011 01111 110010110101 1 01111 111011101 101111 11010111001101 11 11110111 01111 110010110101 11 11110111 11 11110111 01111 111011101 101111 11010111001101 11 11110111 111 1101 1 0111 101 1 0111 111 101 1 0111 111 101 1 0111 111 101 1 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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, your, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words from, before at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word reach at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Before I Met You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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