This is an analysis of the poem To Investigate The Depths Of This Love that begins with:

My lips are not off limits,
To your kisses....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaaa CDCEFaG gbhg chiijjbaXXCDCEFaGbca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,4,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 0110 101111001 01 1111001 01 1111011 1110 011 011 01 01 01110 110101101 11110110010 110101 11110001 1101011101 0110 1101110 1101010100 100101 0111010 011011010 010011 10010101001 1111011 1110 011 011 01 01 01110 1001 11101 01101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To Investigate The Depths Of This Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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