This is an analysis of the poem I'Ve Already Left You With That that begins with:

Why am I giving you this?
I've already left you with that....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBCDD ABBCDD Xabb Xaab aebeXeabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 10101101 1011 110001 0111101 10110001 1111010 10101101 1011 110001 0111101 10110001 101100 10010 101011 1110001 11011 01100100 110101 111001001 1101010010 110101011 10001 101100010 1111011010 0110 011111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same words why, and 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 that is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word declare 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 I'Ve Already Left You With That;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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