This is an analysis of the poem If It Is Love that begins with:

A love unrestricted,
If it is love as one says it is......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXaX XcXaddb ccaaaXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010 000111100 110101000 01100 01101000 111000101 00011110100 110101000 010110001010 01111 10100001000010 01000101 0010110010 000111100000 10101001 1110100010 0001010 10110101010 11011011 0111010 00011110000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; it, to, and are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of If It Is Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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