This is an analysis of the poem The Girl I Love that begins with:
A song for the girl I love-
God love her!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBccddccaB dBeeffeedB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111 110 011010101 101011111 010010101 11010101 010110101 101010110 0111 110 0110111 110 011010101 101111101 0101001111 1011100111 011111111 1010110111 0111 110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, love are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word her at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Girl I Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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