This is an analysis of the poem Soon There Will Be Love that begins with:

Soon there will be love...
When it comes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC DEDE ABCCeABCC DCEBDCCE DCEBDCCEbeABCC ABCC DCEBDCCE FFFFXFc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,8,14,4,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 101 10001101 1001 101010010110 10101010111 101010010110 10101010111 11001 101 10001101 1001 1 11001 101 10001101 1001 101010010110 101 10101010111 111 101010010110 101 1010101 10101010 101010010110 101 10101010111 111 101010010110 101 1010101 10101010 0010100 1 11001 101 10001101 1001 11001 101 10001101 1001 101010010110 101 10101010111 111 101010010110 101 1010101 10101010 1111010 011100 1111010 011100 011100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; self, examinations, be, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words self, commit are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word sun at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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