This is an analysis of the poem Book Lover that begins with:
I keep collecting books I know
I'll never, never read;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX deXXfdfd dadagcgc fhfhibib ececjbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 110101 11110111 111101 1011011101 10110100 11111101 110001 11110101 111101 1110111110 1010111010 11111111 111111 11011011 110101 11110111 110101 01011101 101111 11010101 111111 01010101 110101 1001001 110111 11011101 110001 11111111 110111 01011101 110001 11010101 010101 11100101 110101 11011101 010011 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; never, i, and, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they are repeated.
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- summary of Book Lover;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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