This is an analysis of the poem Deeper, My Love... that begins with:

Since we have met,
And both of us have professed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacbXdaeda Xfd eabcgeedgh IEjchcaXXXd haia IEjaXefhffdhfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,3,10,11,4,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1101101 1100 10111 1011101 11010011 101100 1101011 01101101 1011001010 101011111 111 111011011 00111 11111011 01001010 01111 10110101 10101001 110110 1110 1010110 0100111 11101100 111111011 1101011101 0101110010 11 101011111 111110 110101 01100101 110011010 110101 10111010 10101 111100111100 11100010100 111 01001 1101011101 0101110010 11 1011100001 00010110 11 10011001001 01 1101 1111101 01011101 1111 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Deeper, My Love...;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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