This is an analysis of the poem What Is There To Understand About Love that begins with:

What is there to understand,
About love....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDDECACAFg hiABi XA bcchX A gjggdeb AB dj ABACDDECACAFcddX ABg XA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,2,5,1,7,2,2,16,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 011 1010101 0110010 1101101 100111 1101 10011101 1111 111 01100001 11001 1001101 10101010 101101 1010101 011 110101 1011 0101 1110101001 1101111 0101001001 11010110 01010101 1010101 1110111 0111110 111111111 001111 01011000101 1101 101 1010101 011 0110111001 01111011001 1010101 011 1010101 0110010 1101101 100111 1101 10011101 1111 111 01100001 11001 1001 1101 1001000010 1111 1010101 011 11 1011 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

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

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  • summary of What Is There To Understand About Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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