This is an analysis of the poem Waltz that begins with:

I touch hatred like a covered breast;
I without stopping go from garment to garment,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab Xcb XdX dXX ecc XXe XXa fffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101 101101010010 101010 11100111111 1001111001011 1111001 110101110 00101010 11111 1110001001 0101001111 1101 101111011101 10110010110010 11011 111001101110 110110010101 1111 11111110 01001110 101 11111011010 1111111010 1100100111 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, no, there, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, what, there, do are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, do at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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