This is an analysis of the poem Fear that begins with:
I know how father's strap would feel,
If ever I were caught,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXc dcdcbebe fcfcgggg hchXifiiif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 010101 11011011 111011 11111101 011101 10110100 110101 11001111 010101 11011101 010111 010110111 111101 11111101 110101 11100101 010001 11111101 111001 11010101 111101 11010100 110111 111111010 111000 111100010 011000 11010001 110001 11011111 11100111 11110101 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Fear;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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