This is an analysis of the poem Not Within Sight Of My Comfort Zone that begins with:

You've wounded yourself,
With self pity....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdDcee FcGChAG ABDXie FcGCHAG XI FcGiCH XXXcdcIX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,6,7,2,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010 0110 1 1110010 10100100010 1 111001001 001000101111 11 101 0101100 111101 0111010 1110110 001000010 11010 0110 10100100010 111101 01010 00101111 11 101 0101100 111101 011011010 1110110 001000010 110101011 0101101101 11 101 0101100 1011101 111101 011011010 0101 011010001 101101 1110001 01110111 011101110 0101101101 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; to, you 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 Not Within Sight Of My Comfort Zone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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