This is an analysis of the poem To Know Love that begins with:
To know love.
To know love and enjoy! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011 011101 0111010100 1010 101000101101 1001001010001 10010001101000 1000101010 110111101 110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 366
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; to, know, love are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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