This is an analysis of the poem Lips To Kiss After Breakfast that begins with:

Wanted most from you is the touching.
With a holding me and close....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacd XXebX X fX cf fedX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010010 0010111 0111011001010 111111110 110110101 11 11110110101 11101111010 111110110101 10010011 011101001 101 1111111001101 11010 111111011 1101 010 0101011010 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Lips To Kiss After Breakfast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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