This is an analysis of the poem It Blesses that begins with:

To know love,
One must never fear the pain of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEFBXcbcaD bcABbcCDbcEFBXcaDbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 111010100 1001100001101 001101 010010 01010110 1000 110 000010101100 01011010 11010100 1 011110 0 10 011 111010100 0 10 1001100001101 001101 0 10 010010 01010110 1000 010100 1 011110 0 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (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; it is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It Blesses;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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