This is an analysis of the poem Occupying My Desires that begins with:
For too long I have stayed comforted.
With just my own shadow, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcaad eeebaee ddbecdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111100 011111 1001010 11010001101 1101 111100110001 11010010100010 101 1101000101 1011111 10101101000100 0101000010 111010011 101 01100101000010 10010101110 11101101000100 1111110010 010011100 10101101 1110110101010 1111010010110100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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- summary of Occupying My Desires;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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