This is an analysis of the poem Without Some Love that begins with:

And so it is.
To witness and observe....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AB CBBD EfeghXi Ejiafh CBBDia BiCDieXkiD bfXif XX al fX ahmhX X elm XfgkhjXXXAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,7,6,6,10,5,2,2,2,5,1,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100 010101 11111 0111 1111101 101110 10100111 101110101010 1110011011 0100010 01001 001010 010010 10100111 111111010 101000100101 010011010 11101 1001101 11111 0111 1111101 101110 10110101 100101011 0111 010101 11111 101110 1011010 110010111 1111100 01 111010 101110 00001 0111011 11001 10101001 01001001 1 11111 11 11011 11 100101 11111 10101101 11010100100 11110111 1010 1110111 1 10111 1111010100100 1 011010 01110 1001011 001101 0111010 01101 01001111 1100 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Without Some Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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