This is an analysis of the poem Is/Not that begins with:
Love is not a profession
genteel or otherwise...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab Xb cX XX aX ca cX Xb Xd dd dX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010010 011101 101100 0110011100 111110 11111 11111 101110010000 11010001 10010 011010 10111 1110 10101110 111100110 10101001 1011 111100101 111100 1101 00111 0110011
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 51
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, which are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, which are repeated.
The author used the same word which at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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