This is an analysis of the poem Love Is that begins with:

Some people forget that love is
tucking you in and kissing you ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaXaXaXXX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11001110 10101101 11 110111111 11010101 10 100110110 10 110111 1101110 010010100 1111 01 10 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

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