This is an analysis of the poem 'It Is Best To Leave A Love...' that begins with:

Everywhere you go,
I just know......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCd Xaeabb Xeedcd fgfhg fiaia AABCdXaacXbchX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,5,5,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 111 111 001000011 10 1011 1111 100100 110101 11101 1 11011111 101 11001010001101 100111 11 1111101 11110 0111110001 11111010 11011 00111 1111010 101101011 01010101 00111111 11111111111 10111 111 111 001000011 10 10 1010101111 011 010101 01011001 010011101 1110101 11100 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 'It Is Best To Leave A Love...';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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