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

I love your lips when they're wet with wine
And red with a wild desire; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede efefcgcg hahacfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111111101 11001010 1111101001 10010010 111110111 10100101 111110101 1100111 1110111 0010101 1110111 10100101 1110111101 1110111 01101111011 0111101 111101111 1100101 1100101001 11101111 11101111 1011101 111111101 00100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, your are repeated.

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