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

It's been a night for unending stories.
And a night for unending sharing of whims....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABCdXea FdEDgeXha AABCdhdedgg FdEDgdiaJIaJIaXgAgAea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,11,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001101010 10110101001 1011100100 00110101001 1 101010010 101010101 001101 110110011 1 100101 110001 1 01111 01001 1001 010 0001101010 10110101001 1011100100 00110101001 1 1111 01001 10011 1110 1 01011 110110011 1 100101 110001 1 10111 01 01010 11 11 101010 11 11 110 11 0101110 11 0101110 11 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; night, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word stories 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 Your Need;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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