This is an analysis of the poem I Know My Love that begins with:

I KNOW my Love by his way of walking,
And I know my love by his way of talking, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabBCCBB XcddCCBB aXee CCBB ffggCCBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101010 11111101010 11111100101 1011111011 111111101 1010111111 111110111 1011111011 10011010 1111111001 110110101 111111101 111111101 1010111111 111110111 1011111011 011111111 011111111 11101100101 10101011101 111111101 1010111111 111110111 1011111011 1111011010 1111001110 011100111010 11101101010 111111101 1010111111 111110111 1011111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1499
  • Average number of words per stanza: 289
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, my, love, of, and, know, if, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, if, i are repeated.

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