This is an analysis of the poem My Love Is Too Much that begins with:

My love is too much-
it embarrasses you-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcbdbe fbXXghdbabb ibba fa hjeceX iiXjbbgjd kgbjXkidjcje
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,11,4,2,6,9,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 001001 11010 111101 01010 11110 010 0111001 1110101 01001 111000 10 1011 0010011 11110 11101 111 110101 0110 111 1101 0101 1111 11111 01111 111101 010011 111101 110101 00011 010 11 11 010101000 010110 01011 0101101 1001101 000101 110100 0111 1001 0100110 01001 001011 11 10011010 11 11001001 101010 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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