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

It's not right,
That I find I am fighting......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABAaC badA Aeaaa fXgfg cdea hfih ABAaC eaaXfaXi jDA ijDAaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,5,4,4,5,8,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1111110 111 01 1101001 11110 01001 10101010 011 011 1111001 10110100101 110101 11011010 110110111 11110110 1110111 1010010111 10101 10111101 11010101 10101 10100 000111011101 111111 1110111 100101101 011 1111110 111 01 1101001 101101011011 1111 100100010101 1111111011111 110101010 01111101010 11100011 1101 1 1100 111101010 1 1 1100 111101010 101010 1 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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 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; you, i, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it's is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines right, it are repeated).

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  • summary of Perception Of Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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