This is an analysis of the poem It Stays With You that begins with:

It stays with you,
Until it's gone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXc AbXX ACbXAdA EfEXEff ACc AEGAECcXAEGAECAaDDDDDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,7,3,22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 0101 011 011 0101 1110101 1010100 100101001 0101 1101 0101000111 1100101001 0101 011111001 0101 01001 1001 01001 101 01001 1101 010011101 0101 1101 0111 0101 011 0101 0101 011 1101 10010111 0101 011 0101 0101 011 1101 0101 1010011 01 0111 0111 01 0111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • 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; with, stays are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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