This is an analysis of the poem Purposely Ungrammatical Love Song that begins with:

There's many and many, and not so far,
Is willing to dry my tears away;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cacd dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101111 010011101 110011111 110010111 010000111 010010111 110110111 11011110 110011111 110011111 110111111 110111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to, and, many, my, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, there's are repeated.

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