This is an analysis of the poem You Can Not Force Anyone To Love You that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcdX eXfaXbX abbXfXbcX fggeAbdg X X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,9,8,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 1101000100100 1001110 00100100 001111010 1 11001100011 10001 110101 0100101 11100100101 1010 11011 001100011 11100010010 11111000 1101001111 101010 011010110 101110 10 1111100011 11010100 1001 101 11 111011011 10101001 011010100100 11111001110 111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; and is repeated.

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