This is an analysis of the poem In Love that begins with:
If it's so good to be had,
Why is it treated so bad....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAA BBc BBc DAdE DAdEFFC FFC DAdE DAdEFFC AAAA DAdEFFCXFFC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,3,4,7,3,4,7,4,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010001 1001011 0010001 1001011 1111 1111 11 1111 1111 01 0101 001 101 1110 0101 001 101 1110 01 10 01 01 10 01 0101 001 101 1110 0101 001 101 1110 01 10 01 0010001 1001011 0010001 1001011 0101 001 101 1110 01 10 01 01 10 01
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (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.
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; so, nobody are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word nobody is repeated.
The author used the same words nobody, it's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of In Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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