This is an analysis of the poem Preferences Listed that begins with:
If someone has come,
Willing to apply an undeniable love....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDDE fddXdd fd ABCDDEXfed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,2,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111 100011101001 110101010111 11001100 0010110100100 111001001 110100010010 00010001101 111010011001 10101 01101000100 10010101 100010 101001 01111 100011101001 110101010111 11001100 0010110100100 111001001 1000010 11101001 110111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Preferences Listed;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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