This is an analysis of the poem Tease My Appetite that begins with:

If I lied about knowing love.
In your mind would I increase, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdceXdeeXXaXXdXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101 0111101 010 11011111 01 11101 001011 111101010 0110 0111111 01 11111111 01111101 001110111 11101011 11 1010 1110111 1101100 111001 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

    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; i, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Tease My Appetite;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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