This is an analysis of the poem If This Was Not For You that begins with:
If this was not for you,
I wouldn't take the time....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA AcddAXc aeddfXa ABcfdX AAeaeccXAbef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,7,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001111 110101 0111110101 001111 001111 11110100010 100011101 1101 001111 11110 01001110 010111101111 110011101 0111010 101000010 011001 0010101 111111 001111 110101 111010 010011 1010101 10100110 0111110101 001111 0100110 110111 11011111010 0010100000100 00101 001111 11111 11011 1011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The author used the same word if 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 you is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If This Was Not For You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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