This is an analysis of the poem You Provided That Inspiration that begins with:

First of all,
I'd like to say this......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbb XXX aeFD XX BGBEE eefX achifXc X efXe jXkj X aeFD XX BGBEE XXccbX a hcic kjfegX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,4,2,5,4,7,1,4,4,1,4,2,5,6,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 11010 111001 110111 1001010 111011 101011 1 10 1111 1 1 010001011010 110 1 1101 1100111 0100010 11001 11101101 11 111 11111101 11101101 11011 1 01111001010 101 1100001 010110111 010101000 111110111 10011 110101011 110101 111101 110101 11111101010 1010100 11100101 000100001011100 111 1 1 010001011010 110 1 1101 1100111 0100010 11001 11101101 11 1 10 1110 1 111000 1010111 1011 1110 101001111 11101101001 100100101110 11010001 0110 11111101101 11101 110110 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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 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, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, but are repeated.

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

  • summary of You Provided That Inspiration;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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