This is an analysis of the poem Yours! that begins with:

Before you get a housemate,
To double up....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCDBDEFd XABCbgXbb DBDEFFXDhX gfXhde DBDEFFXDhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,10,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110100 0101 0100101 1100101010 101 1101 101 101001 11101 1100100011 01110100 0101 0100101 1100101010 101001 0101011 10111011000 101011010 1101101010 101 1101 101 101001 11101 11 1101 00100011 0010010010100 011010010100 1 1 11 1100111 111010111 0101101001101 101 1101 101 101001 11101 11 1101 00100011 10111010100100 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, it are repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Yours!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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