This is an analysis of the poem Intimacy that begins with:
Afraid of intimacy.
A heart that has been stung, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbbcXd ABADE daXaf AXfbdaaa ABADEXaaacb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,5,8,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101000 011101 11 011010 1111 10100111 00101 0101000 10111000100 010110100 010010 001001001 110010110 1010100 011011000 1010100 11010101 0101000 11 1010001 1100011101 110111 1111100 1111101000 1001010100 0101000 10111000100 010110100 010010 001001001 111010100 010111011000 110101001100 11010101011 1101110100010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 35
- 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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word afraid 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 Intimacy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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