This is an analysis of the poem You Love It And I Know It that begins with:

Look...
Creature! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcab decd cfeXcX agaghigdbjkXcc bjfX X jeJ gdhhdc Xdckc iX XJX XcX egc jX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,14,4,1,3,6,5,2,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10 11111001 1111011 110101010 110111 01010001110111 101011111101110 11111001110 111100101 11011 11111100111 11101 10100 100101 1101010 1100101 1111100111 10111111 1010111111 111 0100100100 1111 01100011110 1101101001 111001011 1011 111010001 010110100 110100010 11 1010 000101 111111100 1 11 011101 11110 0111111 101101011101 1011101 1110100101111 11101 01011100 1011111111 111 111110111010 11011 101011001010 1100111110 11 011101 111010 10 1101110 11110101011 1111100101101 1110111101 1011001010 111 100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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  • summary of You Love It And I Know It;
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  • history of its creation;
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