This is an analysis of the poem In Sensitive Visits Quick that begins with:

If you've got to know,
I will admit it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCBDC BCBDC ABBCEE BBCEE ABCBDC CBDC AFAFXABdCAFAFAF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,6,5,6,4,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 10010 110010 1101 1110 1001 10010 110010 1101 1110 1001 01101 11001 011000 11011 1101 11 11001 011000 11011 1101 11 01101 10010 110010 1101 1110 1001 110010 1101 1110 1001 101011 110100101 101011 110100101 101011 1101 11110 1001 101011 1110100101 101011 1110100101 101011 1110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The author used the same word only at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words fits, day, quick 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 In Sensitive Visits Quick;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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