This is an analysis of the poem When I Think Of You that begins with:

When I think of you,
And all that you are going through....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbcc AdcXbXXdX AAXXeXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11111101 101111 1001 0111010 11101 101111 10010 0101000 101111 10111101 0011 1110 1110101100 11101 11111101 1111 11101101 111 11110101 1011110 00111 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The author used the same word when 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 When I Think Of You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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