This is an analysis of the poem Love That's Given that begins with:
No one should belong.
Or feel they're being smothered too long....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAXB AAXB CDEE CFCFC AAXB CDEE CFCFC GFHE CDEE GFHE CFCFC AAXB CFCFC CXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 111101011 00100 1001 11101 111101011 00100 1001 10001 10101 111101 101001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 11101 111101011 00100 1001 10001 10101 111101 101001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 10101110010 1101010100 01110110010 0111011101 10001 10101 111101 101001 10101110010 1101010100 01110110010 0111011101 0111010001 01001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 11101 111101011 00100 1001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 01001 0111010001 0111010001 0111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same words no, a 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 received is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words love, received at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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