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

for Bobbie
...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcde fdgh ibad gggg ggXg gdgj kbcl melh Xfdi ngnb aoXl jffi miif bgXb kobbXebcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1011100 1001101 01001 010011 11101 010101 011001 0100110 10001001 1010 101100 0101 00101 10101 11101 1111 110101 11101 101101 10111 1111 11111 11101 110101 111110 010011 010111 1010011 10100 01010 1010101 100010 1011110 010001 110101 010011 11111 0111010 1110101 1111100 0100100 11011 11010 01001 101101 111010 1111 111100 11011 101101 010111 10011001 111000 100101 00101010 111 1010 110111 10111 110 110111 1111 00010001 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • 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; what is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word not at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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