This is an analysis of the poem Fear Of Being Intimate...Again that begins with:

I'd never thought as I aged,
I would feel 'more' romantic....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXcdad eXXefgcX ABCdfX XgXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,6,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 11110010 1000011101100 11101010000 11000111 0011111001 1111001 11100111 1101010 1001110010 11 100 111000100 000101 1111110110 11101011101 1101111 11110010 1000011101100 11 1 1101101 1011101010 10111 011111110110 101 00010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

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  • summary of Fear Of Being Intimate...Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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