This is an analysis of the poem My Benefactor Of Love that begins with:

You just gotta know,
You're the benefactor of love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBBCDBB cBbBEEFg ABBBCDBg HBHB HBHB EEF B HBHB EEFB IBABIBAB XBABXBAB XB XB XB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,4,4,3,1,4,4,8,8,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 10101001 111001 10101001 011110 110101 011111 10101001 011110 10101001 01101 10101001 110100 0111001 010101 10 11101 10101001 111001 10101001 011110 110101 011111 100 11101 101001 1110 1101001 11101 101001 1110 1101001 110100 0111001 010101 01101001 11101 101001 1110 1101001 110100 0111001 010101 1101001 111 01101001 1111 1101001 111 01101001 1111 1101001 11 1101001 1111 1101001 11 1101001 1111 1101001 1 1101001 1 1101001 1 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.

    The author used the same words why, ooow 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 My Benefactor Of Love;
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  • history of its creation;
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