This is an analysis of the poem To Be Held And Gently Touched that begins with:
To prove I have the inner strength,
To deal with all my sorrows......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD XbXe eXd deXd ABCDcXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 0101110 11110 010110100 01111 10010100 1100101 100111100 101010110 110111 001001 11101111 10011000100 111001001 1101 01110101 0101110 11110 010110100 11 1001 0011101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same words to, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word touched at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of To Be Held And Gently Touched;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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