This is an analysis of the poem I'M Like All Lovers, Wanting Love To Be that begins with:

I'm like all lovers, wanting love to be
A very mighty thing for you and me. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggaaaacchhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111010100 0101011111 01011110010 11110110010 0101011011 1111111101 111010110101 1101011101 1111111101 1111011111 1111010111 0111111101 1111110101 1101010011 1111111100 1110111111 01111101001 11010111001 1111110101 1111010111 1111001111 1101010001 11100011111 11111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1022
  • Average number of words per stanza: 207
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, your, not, for are repeated.

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

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