This is an analysis of the poem To My Valentine that begins with:
More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb cdbd XbXb dcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 10100101 1010100101 111111 111110111 1110111 111110110001 1110101 1010010101 10100101 10101010101 111111 111110111 1110111 111111010101 1110101 110110101 1010110 10111010010 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hates, more, than are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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