This is an analysis of the poem Sub-Standard Is The Giving Of My Love that begins with:
Sub-standard to you is the giving of my love.
Do you remember when it see-sawed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbb bXbb Accd dbXb bXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110010010011 110101011 011001100 01011101 11101101101 11101 1101101100100 0110101110111 110010010011 11010100100100 0010110 1001101 100011001 11110110001 01011011010 1110101101001 10110111011100 1101001111110101 110011011 0101101011110010 111101000111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it, i are repeated.
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