This is an analysis of the poem Left Naked And Exposed that begins with:

I remember those days when I stayed,
Dedicated....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXabaXc DEDCbA DEDCbA FFFFXDfDfba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011111 1000 10100111 11010 10101110 1010 101 1110 111 00111001 101111011111 111 101111011111 001 1101110 111101 101111011111 111 101111011111 001 1101110 111101 1110 11111011101010 1110 11111011101010 101111011111 11110 101111011111 11110 00111010 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, it, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word everywhere 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 it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word exposed at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Left Naked And Exposed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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