This is an analysis of the poem If It's Love! that begins with:
It's important that unshown love,
Comes directly shown from you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDB Abeb FGHCGG iiiejj ABCDB KAg KAg KKKA Xk KKKA FGHCGGXKKKA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,6,5,3,3,4,2,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00101101 1010101 010 101 1101 00101101 0011101 101101 010101 01 11001 01 1101 010100 11010110 01 1001001 0110101 0101001 1111111 110111 00101101 1010101 010 101 1101 001000101 001 1 001000101 001 1 001000101 001000101 001000101 001 01011 1 001000101 001000101 001000101 001 01 11001 01 1101 010100 11010110 001000101 001000101 001000101 001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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's, important, directly, shown are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.
The author used the same words it's, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of If It's Love!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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