This is an analysis of the poem My Approach Comes With Much Love that begins with:

Open and raise my eyes,
Dear Father....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACXX cBdce ABeACXccXXB fbdXccf a beXebaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,11,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 110 1110101 0100001101 110010110 101010 1011111000 110 1010110101 100100100 11010110101 101111 110 101010111 1110101 0100001101 1010 1101000 0110100 1111 01111 110 1 00010001110 0011100 1111000010100 11101001 0101111101 011101 0110110010 0111111110 1001100111 01111101011 1 1110110 101011011 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

  • summary of My Approach Comes With Much Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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