This is an analysis of the poem Lover In All Shapes that begins with:
To be like a fish,
Brisk and quick, is my wish;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbbAA CCddCC CCbbCC EEddEE CCeeCC FFffFF GGffGG HIjjHI FFkkFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101 111011 011011 111111 00101 111011 10101 111101 10101 101101 10101 111101 11101 111011 011011 101101 11101 111011 11101 111111 001011 111011 11101 111111 11101 11011 110111 111101 11101 11011 11110 101001 011011 111011 11110 101001 101101 101001 101101 101100 101101 101001 11010 111101 001001 101001 11010 111101 1110111 1111111 001001 111111 1110111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, as are repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 thee, me are repeated).
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- summary of Lover In All Shapes;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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