This is an analysis of the poem I Hear You Say It Often Enough that begins with:

If it is love that you have,
Where is it practiced? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbXbXaXXbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001111 10010 001001001001 100011 111 1111001000 1 0011111 10000110010 111101001 1 111101100 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 363
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; it is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Hear You Say It Often Enough;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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