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

Everything seems lost and gone.
The world seems void; and I alone...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXacdeeeedededfbfbcaXcaafafegeghfhfXiggicdcdjgjcgklklfbfbaffadfeeXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 71,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1011111 01111101 01010011110 1 0101000101 010101 01011101011 1 11110101001 11010111 0100111010101 010101011 1101 11010101 01001101 1101000101 110011 1100011101 010101 011010101 11011 0101110101 010101110101 11010101010 1 0101111101 010100011 110101 1101111001 1011111 01110101 0101 1111110001 1101010111 0111110001 01110111 110100101 01010000101 11010101010 1 111111 011101 0101 0111010101 0101010101 0100010101 01001 011101101 01010010101 0101 0101011101 11 111111 11011001101 11000101 0101 111111 1101 0111010101 11110101 1111111 1101011101 1101011101 10 11010001111 1 1111011101 11010001 011110010010 1 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2390
  • Average number of words per stanza: 446
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, has are repeated.

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

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

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

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