This is an analysis of the poem The Kiss that begins with:

Lips' language to lips' ears.
Two drinking each other's heart, it seems....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXbcbabbcba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 110011 110110101 11011111 100010001 11110101 011111101 1101010110 111101010 1100101010 1001010011 101001101 01010000110 011001 00110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 517
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; two is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word two is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lips is repeated).

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

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