This is an analysis of the poem I Kept It To Keep Believed that begins with:

You did not leave me left,
Out of breath and sighing......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCCB ACDEcfgee ABCCBaghaX ACDEheXfeDa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 101110 1101 1111110 0011010 1111 0101001 01 11100101 110010111 11001 1101001 10010 11010010001 101111 101110 1101 1111110 0011010 01 11111111 010101110101 01101011001 01110110101 1111 0101001 01 11100101 1 1100101 11011010101 111101001 01 110110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word you 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 Kept It To Keep Believed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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