This is an analysis of the poem Those Thoughts Of Love that begins with:
When I first gave my heart,
So fragile it was then....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbb ddXe efde efaf Xcddd XaeXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 110011 011011 11001 0110101 110110 10011111 110111101 111001 1110111 00100101 11101011 11101001 1100101 0100101001111 11110101100 01111111 11100 00111010101 110011 011010 00111110 11010 11110010 110011101 1010000111 1110 00111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 28
- 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:
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; and 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 Those Thoughts Of Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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