This is an analysis of the poem I Won’t Let You Embrace! that begins with:

I won’t let you embrace! I won’t let you drink the nectar from my lips!
Why are you so lustful, young one of Nanda?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXA XXA XXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111111010011 11111011010 11110111111010011 0100101100101011010 010010110101 11110111111010011 1111111100111111101111 100100111011000101 11110111111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, t, let, won, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word lips 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 I Won’t Let You Embrace!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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