Love by Pablo Neruda: poem analysis

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

What's wrong with you, with us,
what's happening to us? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabacbcad efgXch bXaefgfihbdijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 110001 1110011 111101 1011 0111 0101 01011111011 011111010 11011111 1111001111 11101 101010111111100 010111111 01110011010100 111011101 101101 0110110110 110101 1111 110110101 01110111 10 01110110 1 010010110 111110110 111 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us, you, without, beneath, your, why are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what's, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word what's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, why are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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