This is an analysis of the poem This Relationship Has Cracks In It that begins with:

You-feel-that-you-need-to-be-loved,
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbbbAbbbb cdcXbd AbbbbAbbbb DEFEGEFg AbbbbAbbbb DEFEGEFXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,10,8,10,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111001 1 1 1 1 11111001 1 1 1 1 1101110101 110100 1111011 11001101 00111101 11 11111001 1 1 1 1 11111001 1 1 1 1 11010100 11 11110111000 11 100101 1100 110 111111 11111001 1 1 1 1 11111001 1 1 1 1 11010100 11 11110111000 11 100101 1100 110 10 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 16 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; more, we are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines more is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase more connects the lines.

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  • summary of This Relationship Has Cracks In It;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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