This is an analysis of the poem Safe Within The Arms Of Fear that begins with:
Safe within the arms of fear,
Some feel....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDED ABCDED XfgXgc ABCDED afXg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 11 111010 01101 11000010 111 1010101 11 111010 01101 11000010 111 1111 001011 00101 111011 1100101010101 11001010010000001 1010101 11 111010 01101 11000010 111 1011 00101100 0101110100 011000110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word some is repeated.
The author used the same word safe at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word addicts at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Safe Within The Arms Of Fear;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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