This is an analysis of the poem To Satisfy A Feeding Of A Vacancy that begins with:

The more thought I give to the idea of love,
Less is my feeling in the concept of it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXXXXd bXXXXcbbdXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011110001001 10110001000 0111010010100 100101100001 11001010100101110 11 010010101001 010101100 01011100101 0011101 1110101101 10110111101 11101101111 10111101 0110111011 0011010011010 001011011111 0111111110111 0101010001001111 1011111001 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 435
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, love, i are repeated.

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  • summary of To Satisfy A Feeding Of A Vacancy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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