This is an analysis of the poem Staying Away From Arrangements Of Bliss that begins with:

Few relationships are partnerships at all.
And beyond wedding gifts......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc ADA Xcecc Xea ADA dXcXc aec XbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,5,3,3,5,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101110111 101101 100110100 111100101 10101101100 1110010 0001001010 101101010 1010111001 010100100 011101 1010110001 1001111000 01110101 100100100111 10101101100 1110010 0001001010 111101 11010100 111011 00110010 000100 11001001001 01110 11010010101 1 1 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 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 Staying Away From Arrangements Of Bliss;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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