This is an analysis of the poem If Not For You that begins with:
Because of you,
Everyday......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abacdcd AbdXaXAefef cAXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,11,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 101 1101 01101 01110010 11001 111010 0101 11 10101110 1011010001 01010001101 10 0111 110101 110101 110101001 1010011001101 1 0111 11010011010 1010111101 001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word because 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 Not For You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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