This is an analysis of the poem Can You Forgive? that begins with:
I was then among the few,
Who knew......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABA aca AcAXcXb DB AABA DBXDcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,7,2,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11 0111 1111 11110111 001011010 011101 1110111 10101111 1110111 1011101 101 1101011100 1 1101 1010111001 1110101 11 0111 1111 1101 1010111001 1101 1011010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 is repeated.
The author used the same word can 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 Can You Forgive?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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