This is an analysis of the poem This Love I'Ve Got that begins with:

Opened to the flow,
That exists....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCD CCEFCCEF GGACGGAC CCEFCCEF ABCDaGGACCCEFC CXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,14,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001 101 110110100 01 0111 0111 1010111 1010101 0111 0111 1010111 1010101 1101 1111 1101010111 11101 1101 1111 1101010111 11101 0111 0111 1010111 1010101 0111 0111 1010111 1010101 10001 101 110110100 01 1 1101 1111 1101010111 11101 0111 0111 1010111 1010101 00111 00111 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, with, this, love, i've, got are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word with 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 got is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word got at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of This Love I'Ve Got;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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