This is an analysis of the poem If It's Obvious that begins with:
You want my heart to touch?
Then avoid the teasing....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaC DEeXXX aBaC DEdeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 101010 11101111 111111 10111 1111011 11101110 001001 111010011 010101 0111101 101010 011101111 111111 10111 1111011 1011111 1011010001 001100100111 0010011101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
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- summary of If It's Obvious;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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