This is an analysis of the poem Oh Friend, I Love You, Think This Over that begins with:
Oh friend, I love you, think this over
carefully! If you are in love,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX aa X XXX bXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,2,1,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 10001101 111101 01111 1100111 111110101101 011010100101101 1111001 1010010 1001101001101 011101111 1100111 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, him are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).
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