This is an analysis of the poem Your Captive Love that begins with:

Free me between the sheets with tenderness!
Hold me tight and rock me with your passion....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010100 1111110110 1010110010011000 1010111001 111 111 11101 001101 1101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; me is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Your Captive Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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