This is an analysis of the poem You Come that begins with:

You come.
You come and my breath you take away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCA AbCA deeXca efXfXgbg AXada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111111101 001 11111 11 11111101 001 11111 100111 110111 1111101 10111 100111 111 11001111 101 1111010 101011 11010111 011001 1011101 110111 11 101011 1 0101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines come is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word come 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 You Come;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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