This is an analysis of the poem If You Have The Nerve To Listen that begins with:
If you have come to believe,
Someone can actually be blamed......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABBCD edeff eXgfXb ABBCDehehg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111001 111100001 1110011 10010 111001111 011001100 11011 11101101 110101000110 11011010100 01111010 11000010 1110011000 01010100100 1010010 01110010010 0111001 111100001 1110011 10010 111001111 101101010 01011101 1010 010001011 00100100010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If You Have The Nerve To Listen;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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