This is an analysis of the poem Only If You Can Kiss that begins with:

My approach is without devices.
And with a sincerity from me that is real....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD decadffde X c ddXeXdcX ABCD cX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,1,1,8,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001010 100010001101 111001000 101010110001 11010101010 1111 11101010101 110011010 11110001 00110011001110 10011 1101 11 1111 1001101 100111 111011 101101010 11 01001101 10110101 01101110 1111111100 101001010 100010001101 111001000 101010110001 1110 1110011001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; with, i, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Only If You Can Kiss;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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