This is an analysis of the poem How Could A Lover Fall? that begins with:

What could have caused your grip to weaken
that allowed creation to be? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcb XXX da dcdb eX dXX cc ae XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,3,2,4,2,3,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111010 10101000 110101001 0010100 1 110110010101011 10111010011 0101 1111010110111 110011 1110110010101 01110010100 0101 1 01011101 110100010 1111010 111011 110 011011 10 1110111 11 11 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of How Could A Lover Fall?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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