This is an analysis of the poem I'D Rather Be Loved that begins with:
I'd rather be loved,
Than to be painted......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXa Aaaa BcD BcD ACad ACe ACACaeXACaeaaac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,4,3,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001 10010 1110111 01010 11001 10010 1111010 001001 11 01001 110011010111 11 01011 110011010111 11001 101101 1 100010111 11001 001011 11101010101 11001 101101 11001 001011 1 111111101 11001 001011 1 111111101 1 111111101 1 111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
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; be is repeated.
The author used the same words i'd, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words am, understands at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of I'D Rather Be Loved;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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