This is an analysis of the poem Smitten that begins with:
I have seen you,
In your best of days....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBBDDaebefXf XXXa ABCBBDDgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 01101 111111001 10101101 11101 111111001 1101 111011 1101101 101101111 11011101 11001000100 01010011 100010 1111111 10 0110101110 110111100011 1111 01101 111111001 10101101 11101 111111001 1101 1110 110010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Smitten;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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