This is an analysis of the poem Affinity that begins with:
YOU and I have found the secret way,
None can bar our love or say us nay: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd dddd aXdd ccee ffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111110101 111111111 101111101 111110101 111110101 101010101 10101100101 111111111 111110101 001010101 01001011101 111110101 111110101 001010101 001110101 111110101 111110111 001011001 101010111 111011101 111110101 101010101 101011111 001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, to are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Affinity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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