This is an analysis of the poem It Would Not Feel For Me Right that begins with:

It would not feel for me right,
If I could live over......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCaXa dAAba AXad AAaX eaBCXdeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111 011110 11 111110101 11010111 11101001 1 0111111 0111001111 110011110 111101001101 0111111 01010001101 1011011110101 111010 0111111 0111001111 101110101011 10010 11 1111111 011110 11 0100111010 1001 01111 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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 it 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 Would Not Feel For Me Right;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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