This is an analysis of the poem For Every Moment That I Live that begins with:

You've changed.
Like the summer heat......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDECDdb AfdfGBH XfiX ABCDECDXGBHhdi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 10101 10010 1010111 10111 1110 111101 011011 01010101 11 1101001010 1100010101011 111010 1101011 0111010 1010101 11101 100110 11111011 110010111 11 10101 10010 1010111 10111 1110 111101 1101011 0111010 1010101 111011 11010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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, and are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word you've 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 For Every Moment That I Live;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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