This is an analysis of the poem To E.T. that begins with:

I slumbered with your poems on my breast
Spread open as I dropped them half-read through...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb cded XeeeXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11000110111 1101110111 1111010101 0100011101 1111011101 1101111011 1101110111 1101010011 1111110101 01011101001 1111111101 0100110111 11010101010 1101111111 0111011111 1111110101 1101110111 0111010101 0111010001 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; on, and, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 To E.T.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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