This is an analysis of the poem The Love That I Found Defined In Me that begins with:

The love that I found defined in me.
Reduced all the fantasies, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDDCEda AaaAffa AGHhcACIcX ABCDDCEAdj AGHhcACIf aA ABCDDCEAjXddj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,10,10,9,2,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 0110100 1101 1111 11011 1010101 110101011 10001 011 011110101 011010001 1101 0011101 1111001 11101001 001 011110101 10111001 11010 010 01 101 10111 1010100 11 11010 011110101 0110100 1101 1111 11011 1010101 110101011 00100101 01 110101 011110101 10111001 11010 010 01 101 10111 1010100 1101010 11101 0011101 011110101 0110100 1101 1111 11011 1010101 110101011 00100101 100101 1001 11 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; i, that, me are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the 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 me is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words me, love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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