This is an analysis of the poem If It Offends that begins with:

I awakened no longer beholdened,
To those emotional traps....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCDEF XAed dXdfd XABCDEF XcfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,5,7,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101101000 0101001 011101 01010 1011001 0100001110110 11111010100 10101101000 0101001 11101 011010001 110001001101 11011101 0110110100001 11111100 111101101 10101101000 0101001 011101 01010 1011001 0100001110110 11111010100 111110111101 1111110001 1110101000 1001110100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 If It Offends;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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