This is an analysis of the poem If We Just Leave Those Battlezones Alone that begins with:

Consumed with you,
But not a dressed confection....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbd aceXc FEfXeXf ED FGB FEEDGB FGXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,2,3,6,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 1101010 010001101 111111010 10110101001 0101011 0011110 110100011 111100001 110100100 111101100 11001010100 0100110100 101010110 0011100100 11010 10100 110111100 01001001101 111110100 0111 1100001 111101100 11001010100 110111100 01001001101 0111 1100001 111110100 0111 11000 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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 word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word alone 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 We Just Leave Those Battlezones Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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