This is an analysis of the poem On Your Own that begins with:
Stop thinking you need me to lead the way.
Or someone else to hold your hand, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbab bbcXX deXXXXb Xccdeeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110101 11110111 011011010101 1011110111 10111 00100111 11001001101 110011 111111 10001011 001111 10011 00111010001 10101111 001011010100 1010111 0101011010 11 10101010 10111 111110011111 11001001001 1111010010 01 111 011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, your, you, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of On Your Own;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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