This is an analysis of the poem Intoxicated Love that begins with:
'What's love got to do with it? '
Tina? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
- Сlosest stanza type:
- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; tina, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words tina, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tina is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tina connects the lines.
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