This is an analysis of the poem I Find I Must Clear The Air that begins with:

Why can I smell your lies?
And each time......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE AXcae aee aXeXeXABCDE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 111 011011 1111101 0111100 111111 1111010101 01011 0010111 110111110101 11111011011 1101111 1110011 111110110100 1111000 1011101 1100010101 1010111010101 111111 111 011011 1111101 0111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • 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 and is repeated.

    The author used the same word why 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 I Find I Must Clear The Air;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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