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

Easy and beautiful under
your eyelids...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaca aXbbbXdcdeeXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110010 111 1010010 1101 11010 0110110 111011100 0101010 01010010 010100101 11110110 011 010 0100101 11110110010 10011110010 101100010010 1011001 00110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, naked are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines naked is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases it, naked connect the lines.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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