This is an analysis of the poem I'm Gonna Stay Hopin' (I Know Love) that begins with:

I'm gonna stay hopin',
That your heart for me soon opens....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCXXABd EFGhD EFGhD XABC DBcX dBXcdbDXc DBDBD XDcXD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,5,4,4,9,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110 11111110 11110111 010111111 1 0100110 11111110 11110111 010100111 11011010111 111101 111101 1 1101 11011010111 111101 111101 1 1101 010110 11111110 11110111 010111111 111 11110101 10101010011 100101 11111 11110101 11010110 1110101 1111 10111 11011 1010 101011111 111 11110101 11011 11110101 111 010110 111 11 010110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; and, i, to, know are repeated.

    The author used the same words i've, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of I'm Gonna Stay Hopin' (I Know Love);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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