This is an analysis of the poem My Lover Speaks Of Rape that begins with:

Flaming green of a morning that awaits rain
And my lover speaks of rape through silences,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbdbbc E cXfacXagf E XgbhhdXXEh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,9,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100101011 11101011100 10110101 0110011001 110010101101 1101011011101 0111001001 10110101010 01011110101 101101010111 10011001101 11011100110 0110011001010 110110111000 101010110101 1101001011 1010010101 1110110101011 11100110110100 101101010111 11010010101001 110011010101 0011010010110 0100110111010 0010010101111 01011001011111 11111011110101 101101010111 11101111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of My Lover Speaks Of Rape;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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