This is an analysis of the poem For The Sake Of Having That Kind Of Dedication that begins with:

When those symptoms of love,
Begin to show signs......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXCACC ddCACC beaXdeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 01011 110101 1010101110 1111110100001 11 11001 11010101 010010110100 1010101110 1111110100001 11 11001 0111101101 1010011010 011001011 1010101101010 010011010101010100 11010001010 0100110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of For The Sake Of Having That Kind Of Dedication;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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