This is an analysis of the poem If It's Me You Love! that begins with:
Do you really want it?
Do you really need it? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABBcAAABB XBBB cBBB aBBB dBBB dBBB dBBB XBBB AAABBcAAABB D BB D BB D BBXDb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,11,1,2,1,2,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 111010 11 11 111 1 111010 111010 11 11 111 110110 11 11 111 111 11 11 111 111 11 11 111 101 11 11 111 001 11 11 111 101 11 11 111 01110 11 11 111 111010 111010 11 11 111 1 111010 111010 11 11 111 00111 11 111 00111 11 111 00111 11 111 00111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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.
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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, don't are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, you are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word know 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's Me You Love!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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