This is an analysis of the poem If-- that begins with:
If I were a raindrop, and you were a leaf,
I would burst from the cloud above you... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa baba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001111001 111001011 11111001001 1111111 01001111001 111011111 11111011001 1111111 01001111001 11111111 11110100101 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; you, love, and, i, kiss are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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