This is an analysis of the poem Once Your Fears Are Faced that begins with:

I wish to bring you fear?
With a convincing done of it? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabc XXcXa bXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110111 00010100 1110101 1011001 000100101 11011 111101 11000001 101001000 01011001101 11101101 001011100 010111011110100 00010000100 111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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.

    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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Once Your Fears Are Faced;
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  • history of its creation;
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