This is an analysis of the poem First Love that begins with:

Falling in love was like falling down the stairs
Each stair had her name on it...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXbcbdcccddXaecXaaffcXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110101 1110110 111101111011 101 1101001110101 1010001110 10100 1011001 011101 111100 1111010 1111010 1010 1010010111101 111111011110 01010011 1100110101 11111110010 10001 100 11101001011 01011 011 01111010 01011 011110001101 0110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 825
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, he, each, time are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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