This is an analysis of the poem I Must See What I Feel First that begins with:

On the tip of my tongue,
Sits the words, 'I Love You'....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXbcadcd eXeXXXbdc fbbebf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 101111 1 11 001011 11001 1010010 01011 11101101 01010111 1011110101 111 11011 100010 10111 11111 1111110 11101 1110100110 111101111 1100101010 11111111 00010111 11 0010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • 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; to, i are repeated.

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  • summary of I Must See What I Feel First;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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