This is an analysis of the poem First And Not Our Second Thoughts that begins with:

Let's romance our first,
And not our second thoughts of love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAAaa cdaXad edcdX ABAAXedea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 11110101 01011101 11 1010010 100011 11101 1111010 010100011 11110101 101 10111101010 1100011011 10010001001 11010011 1111 0101110 10111 11110101 01011101 11 111110101 1100 0111101 000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of First And Not Our Second Thoughts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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