This is an analysis of the poem If Neither One Of Us Can Leave It that begins with:

In your eyes,
You've decided......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX bAcdc eAeAff fGHi bfGHi JjXJdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,6,4,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1010 110 01001101 1 011 111 10101101 10110101 111 011 101 011 100010 010110 10110 11001 01111 01 1101 1110 11001 01111 011 010101110 1111010 11111001001 010101110 111101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; it, leave 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word you 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 If Neither One Of Us Can Leave It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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