This is an analysis of the poem Enough For Us To Know that begins with:

You magnify more than just love in my mind.
I can not define it! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcd ECFGBA c ABfXgf ECFGBA gXcb abge bedhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,1,6,6,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111011 111010 10100101 11100 1101010011 10111001010 01111111101 10101000100 00101 1011111 01010011010001 11011111011 111010 11111 100101100111 01011110 0110011010 1101010011 10111001010 01111111101 10101000100 00101 1011111 11111010011 000101000 1101110 10101 01101001 001110111 10011 101011 101100 10101 01110110 10010101 1110001101 10111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Enough For Us To Know;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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