This is an analysis of the poem You Are Not Alone With This Belief that begins with:

I want someone who can come in,
And clean my house....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcad bX efgcb XeabcX Xchffach ciidXgdXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,5,6,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1111 10111 1101010 100111 11010001 00100011011 10110 11 111 1100101 1110010101 1011110110 111001001 1011 1101011010 11100 1011100100111 1110 011 0010101001 01001110110010 1010011010 111010 001010111 0111010111101 101111 11111 0110101 11101 1111110100 11 1101111101 1110011110110 11 111010001 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of You Are Not Alone With This Belief;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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