This is an analysis of the poem Spontaneity that begins with:

You know where and how to find me.
I make no attempts not to be accessible....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbd d ebXfge XXhg hacaca bXddd fXfccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,6,4,6,5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011 111011000100 101010 11111101 01101010 01 011111100 1010101111 010 101 1101010 0100100010100 0110010011 0011110100 11011101001 101 11011101011 110111 101011 10101000011 11101011 101 1011110 111111110 1111 1111100010 0100101110 1 1100101101 101111 10100000010 100100010 1010011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word and 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 Spontaneity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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