This is an analysis of the poem So Close To Love that begins with:
Too close to love!
Yet it's, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCBD A dBD ABCBD ABCBD ABD XABD ABCBDXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,3,5,5,3,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 10 1001 10 110010 1101 1101010 101011011 101011101 1101 10 1001 10 110010 1101 10 1001 10 110010 1101 101011011 101011101 10 1101 101011011 101011101 1101 10 1001 10 110010 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 74
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, too are repeated.
The author used the same word too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words it, most at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of So Close To Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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