This is an analysis of the poem Of That They Are Not Aware that begins with:

A heart beating with no sign or clue,
To the meaning of empathy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabcdd efgh XXffi feiXgff hicgfXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,5,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001111 00100100 11101101 111000011 110101000100 11011111 001 101010010011 1101 11100101 1010 10111010 1010001 1110 1111011 10011010 100111100 11110 11101 01 11101 1100101 1100110101 101 0100111010 1101 1110 010101 11101 110011 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines comes is repeated).

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

  • summary of Of That They Are Not Aware;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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