This is an analysis of the poem To Be In Love that begins with:

To be in love
Is to touch with a lighter hand. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbaccdeeXfbgagffegXXdhifhXbaX Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001 00100101 01011111 1111 101 010001 0101 10011111 10111 111110010 0101010110 0101110100 1101 1101001 0111111 11101 11 101 011 11110 1111 001010 1101001 00101 101011001 010101 11001 0101 11010 00101 011101001 0001001 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of To Be In Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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