This is an analysis of the poem You'Ve Got My Lovelight Locked that begins with:

You've got my lovelight locked
And...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbA ACA XaX AAbA ACAc XAbXXcAbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 1 1111111 1111001 11111 111 11111111111111 11111111 1111111111111 11111111 1111001 1 1111111 1111001 11111 111 1 11111111111111 11111111 1 11111111111111 1 1111111 11 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you've, got, me, i are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of You'Ve Got My Lovelight Locked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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