This is an analysis of the poem Giving Innocence that begins with:

You created the fences.
And constructed the walls....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAABa CCCDBB CCCDBB AAABa CCCDBBBB BBBBBBBXBBBBBBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,8,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 101001 111101010 1001010 10101011 00111100111 11011011111 111100001001 111101001010 101001001001 101001001001 00111100111 11011011111 111100001001 111101001010 101001001001 101001001001 1010010 101001 111101010 1001010 111 00111100111 11011011111 111100001001 111101001010 101001001001 101001001001 101001001001 101001001001 1101110 10100 1101110 10100 1101110 10100 1101000101101 1101110 10100 1101110 10100 1101110 10100 1101000101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, in, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, as are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mix is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words mix, convince 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 Giving Innocence;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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