This is an analysis of the poem The Best Love Yet To Get that begins with:

There is one disadvantage,
In being a part of a large family....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXba cbXXba Xcccca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 01001001100 1010101101010 1001101010 11010010010 001001010001 11110101100 110110101010 010000111 100111010010 1110101010010 101110011101 1110101000101 010100101 1110110 0011101110100 110110100110 10110001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; love is repeated.

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  • summary of The Best Love Yet To Get;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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