This is an analysis of the poem When I Hated Love that begins with:

When I hated love,
Someone I loved had taken it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCXdDCEF gAgcegAgd FXefhFcec hFhae ABCXdDCEF FebeFbbh ABCXdfhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,5,9,8,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 11111100 0101101 111111 10 101011 11110100 010101 011101 1 111111 101000 101001 1 1 111111 111101 0101010 11010101 110111 0001101 0110111 11 1010101 1001101 01001010 00110100 11 1010101 111101 111010001 1111010101 11101 11111100 0101101 111111 10 101011 11110100 010101 011101 11010101 1110101 110010010 01101101 11010101 11111 100111110 01 11101 11111100 0101101 111111 10 111100 01 11100 000
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • 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 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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of When I Hated Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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