This is an analysis of the poem So That You Will Hear Me that begins with:

So that you will hear me
my words...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb de XcX bXfg Xf Xa dXe XaX XgXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,3,4,2,2,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011 11 0111 1010011010 10101 111111 1111100111 111111 11111100110 01011111 110110101 11100111 1110111101 011110010111101 111110110111 1110011110101 01111111011 0101011101100 011010111010 1100101001101 010111011000 110101011101 101010101010 111011011 11011011101101 111000011010 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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, to, me, of are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of So That You Will Hear Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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