This is an analysis of the poem Kisses that begins with:

Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses?
How soft is this one, how subtle this is, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXabbccddaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111010110 1100111000 11001101110 10111101010 1011111100 01010001010 1011011110 100111110 1000111110 100100010 1010011101 1111111001 0010011111 1111 01011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 631
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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; how, and are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is is repeated).

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