This is an analysis of the poem We Just Know Love that begins with:

You do not know my fantasy is you!
Unbroken in my repeated dreams....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABC XXda Ae fafged ABC AhA AhagXAfAaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,2,6,3,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110001 010010101 01011101 0111101 11011100 1011111 111 011 11010101 111 1 11111111 00111010001 11101 001010100010 1111110001 010010101 01011101 011 11101 011 011 11010110 01 1111 011 01101 011 111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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:

    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; you, here, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word if 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 knew is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of We Just Know Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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