This is an analysis of the poem How Do I Touch You? that begins with:
How do I touch you?
And 'where'......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXB CAD XcXXd AXB CAD aXa XaXB CADXCd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,5,3,3,3,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 110 011 11110 0111 11011001 11111101 110111 011010100 11101 10101 11111 110 011 11110 0111 11011001 111011111 1101 11101 11 1111 110 011 11110 0111 11011001 11110 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 author used the same word how 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 How Do I Touch You?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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