This is an analysis of the poem Where Are You? that begins with:
I will not wait for you to find your pace.
Or hesitate for a breath you take....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caXbXaXb cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 1011110111 110110111 1111101 01011101 101111 0111 1101 10111 11111 01 0101 1101 111 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word make at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Where Are You?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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