This is an analysis of the poem Out Of My Mind With Love that begins with:

Can you save me from myself?
Will you be there to catch me......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcX cde Xddb AdXbff Aghhe AXXXXhbigggiXeeXgAigfic
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,6,5,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 0101011 1101001 0111011010 010101001 011110010 1010011 1 1111 11010 011111 1111011 1110 001001101 10111101 1111011 011011111 1111011 1110111 01010 11011 1111 1111011 11111 10110010 01010100 101 100111 110001 111 110110111 1010011 11 1111 101110001 1010011 111101 1101 1111011 1111001101 10111111 0101 11 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, out, of, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, out, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word could at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Out Of My Mind With Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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