This is an analysis of the poem Fragrance Of Your Closeness that begins with:

I want so much to know you.
So much of you I crave to taste....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXcc debeb AfXfdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 11011101 11110111 0100110 111101 111010101 111110 0011111 10101010 1101 1111011 1111111 111011010110 11110101 11110101011 11111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; you, know, if, would are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Fragrance Of Your Closeness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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