This is an analysis of the poem The Love I Look For that begins with:

The love I look for
Could not come from you. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXXcbcCdcdCefefXfAbdbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 11101 110101 1100 11011 10101 11111 00101 0101010 101 01010 00101 01111 10101 010101 1100 11010 11101 01111 11101 110100 1101 11011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Love I Look For;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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