This is an analysis of the poem Both Sides Of Love that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAc AAdXc ebXd ABAXeXbb XeXAAaBaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100 00 011001 10101101 110101100101 11001010 10101110110 10 0101101110101 110111 11111010 11010101101 1110010010010 00100 00 011001 1110011011 11010 01010011001 11101100010 010100 1010011010 0100101010 110101100101 11001010 100100 00 101000101 01 101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Both Sides Of Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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