This is an analysis of the poem The Comfort Of Familiarity that begins with:
The comfort of familiarity,
Should not give some license...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbacXXX AdXbee AbXdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010001100 111110 0101100 110110101 1111100 1111000100 101000100 010001100 01011001001 01010101 101001 11101001 1000110101 010001100 1110100011 0010101001 1101001001 010010001 0111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 The Comfort Of Familiarity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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