This is an analysis of the poem So Cozy Is The Hold that begins with:

You turned my dark side around.
And taught me......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcDE ABcDE eXbXXaeae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 111 1010 111101 11 1111101 111 1010 111101 11 111111 101 11111110 11000 11111001010 010101101 110001 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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; you is repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of So Cozy Is The Hold;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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