This is an analysis of the poem The Lover that begins with:

For me, your lover, life is a great room
Scattered with your belongings, and I see...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefgbhgcfiebbXigjdakXfXXbgfchjkd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010011 1001010111 1011111101 1011001101 1111011101 11110101010 1111111100 101111001011 10111101011 10111101010 1011110100 01001100110 1101110101 111011101011 11010100110 1111100111 11111111111 111010011100 101100101 11110101110 01011111010 01111010011 111011101 1101010111 11110111010 11110101110 110101101011 1101010101 11011101011 01111101101 1011101011110 1101111101 101111011110 1111010100 1101011001 11010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1618
  • Average number of words per stanza: 311
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, your, i are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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