This is an analysis of the poem I Can’t Prevent Myself From Singing that begins with:
I can’t prevent myself from singing,
And yet I’m full of grief and sadness,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababaaba ababaaba cdceaaea fefdaaXa XgXgaaga gaaaXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111010 111101110 110110101 111110001 11111101 111101110 111110100 1001111110 1011110110 110011111 0111000110 010101101 11101011 01011101010 011011010 11011110 1100101111 1111110011 1101110101 0110111110 1111101110 011010000100 1111101110 111001110 010101001 11011101000 1111100101 1110110111 111001110 1101111100 0100111011 10101011110 0100100101 1111101110 1110100100 10110101010 11101010100 11110010 1101001110 1110110110 101101111 1101101110 1111101010 111000110 101110110 110101010 101001010 1101101110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, he, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
The author used the same words i, the 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 I Can’t Prevent Myself From Singing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Thibaut de Champagne
- Analysis of Lady, The Fates Command
- Analysis of Pastourelle
- Analysis of Mercy, My Lady! One Thing I Ask You,
