This is an analysis of the poem The Lure Of Little Voices that begins with:

There's a cry from out the loneliness -- oh, listen, Honey, listen!
Do you hear it, do you fear it, you're a-holding of me so?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cacX dede cfcf cgcg chch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101001101010 111011101010011 1010011111101110 111010101010101 1010101111111010 101110110011001 1111101111111110 1110111111111100 1110111010101010 11011100101101 110001000111110 011101000110001 1111011010101010 001010101110101 1100011010101010 111110111111101 111101010111010 01000111010101 110101011101010 001010100011001 0010111011111010 11000110111101 101011010111010 101000101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, they're, they, it's, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they're, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of The Lure Of Little Voices;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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