This is an analysis of the poem Those Long Sighing Moans that begins with:

You let me in,
Now I should locate your needs? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ADBE ABCX BFGHB IB ABCB ADBE BFGHBXIBba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,2,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1111111 1111 1110111 1110 11110010 010111 111101 1110 1111111 1111 01001111 11111010 111011100 0101101001 1011111 11000101 11101 10110101 1110 1111111 1111 1110111 1110 11110010 010111 111101 11111010 111011100 0101101001 1011111 11000101 11101 10110101 010111101 1101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word you 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 Those Long Sighing Moans;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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