This is an analysis of the poem The Embrace that begins with:
You weren't well or really ill yet either;
just a little tired, your handsomeness...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab cdXe bXdX baef bXcc ggXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011101110 10101011000 11110001011 0110101001 11010101101 111001110001 1011110 10001111010 1100100111 111101011 010111010011 11001111100100 11101001011 10011101001 11100010001001 01010101011 1111101001001 1101001100101 11000111111 1101010101 1111111111 11101111011 0110010010101 0110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, without are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Embrace;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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