This is an analysis of the poem By All Means... Continue Your Tease that begins with:

When an admission of caring for another,
Begins for the other......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcbde aeefdefec X XebX X fd bX XcaXggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,1,4,1,2,2,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101010 011010 010001001010 111110 1001001 101010 0011111 0010101010 10100101010 01011101101 0011 010001010100 010100101 1010011111 1011101011101 1101001010111 01101001001011 1111111 110001011 10110101001000 0111100101000100 00101 111111011 111110101100111 001 11110 11 1100 01001 110 11101110110 11 100101 111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; that is repeated.

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

  • summary of By All Means... Continue Your Tease;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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