This is an analysis of the poem With The Gift Of Love, To Be Loved that begins with:

Give me something you have that I want.
Your touch, a kiss with hugs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABB AXBB CcAcAd bX eXXaa abaaace CcAcAd X X XbX ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,2,5,7,6,1,1,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011111 110101 110101 111011111 11011 110101 110101 1101101010 1 101011001 1 11001011 1 11110101 11010110 110011101 0 11111 1101010 101110001 110011101 11 1111101 001 0100101 1101 100111100 1101101010 1 101011001 1 11001011 1 101 110 11111 110101011 11101110111 1 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; your, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words give, let 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 hugs is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word hugs at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of With The Gift Of Love, To Be Loved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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