This is an analysis of the poem I: Why I Write Not To Love that begins with:

Some act of
Love's... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbbcbXcXXccdXad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1 1010 11011011 11110111 11010101 00011101 111 10 011 11111101 01111110 00111101 11011101 11110111 1 1 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I: Why I Write Not To Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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