This is an analysis of the poem The First Time You Denied My Touch that begins with:
The first time you denied my touch...
I knew it was getting closer to over, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCAXD EFF dghg Aigj Ahigd AjXdj ggchX Ah AHFFK IF IX ABCAXD EFF hdXXX b IX AHFFKXIF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,4,4,5,5,5,2,5,2,2,6,3,5,1,2,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 11011010010 11 01110111 1010111101 100 0111110101011 1101 01 111 110 11101110 1011 01110111 011 11 111011 01110111 11111010101 01 1101111 111010 01110111 11101 111110 1001 1001001 11 11 11101010010 011010101101 1010 01110111 1111001 01110111 11110101 111 11101 110111 11110011 011 101 0111 01110111 11011010010 11 01110111 1010111101 100 0111110101011 1101 01 11111 1110001 000111001 111011 1101 11110111010 101 0111 01110111 11110101 111 11101 110111 11110011 011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 67
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
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; you, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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