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

Now I come to look at love
in a new way, now that I know I'm not...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaaacXacXaXXdeXXXabaXefaXXfdddaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 0011111101 1000111011 111101010101 11111101010 1101010100 1011110010 11110100101 111011 111010100 101100110100011 010101110 01001110100 11000111 1111111010 110111000 011100011 100010101 1011100 11010111 10101111111 1011111111 110110001 00110101010111 11111010 10111111111 10111111 11010100 011001011 010011110 111101010010 10100110110 01011110001 01111001 1111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 273
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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