Poem Analysis of There Will Be Love by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

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

I don't like,
To do it to you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: ABac ABaC DaC eDaC eXbf FeGgfeH FeGgFeH ABaBXhFeGgfeHXFeGgFeH
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,4,4,7,7,21,
Closest metre: iambic trimeter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 111 01001 1 01000110110 111 11101 1 01010110110 111001101101 1 01010110110 1 111001101101 1 01010110110 1 00111010100 1 111011111 1011011 1 1001101110 1 10001011 1 1001101010 111011 1 1001101110 1 100111 1 1001101010 111 01001 1111 11101 111110111 1 1011011 1 1001101110 1 1000101 1 1001101010 111011 1 1001101110 1 100111 1 1001101010
Amount of stanzas: 9
Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
Average number of words per stanza: 27
Amount of lines: 53
Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
Average number of words per line: 5
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; to, you are repeated.
The author used the same words i, and, there 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 love is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words other, alcoholics at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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There Will Be Love by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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