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

A girl whose name is love, is missing, is missing
Simple wisher, beautiful looking, is missing, is missing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AA bXcXdebbfff ddaghac iajbjXiddbbdedbdd adgaehckk lllllaadXhaXAA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,11,7,17,9,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010010 101010010010010 01111010 0100110100 1110101 111111010 10110101 10101011010 1111010101 1010110 100111011 0011011 001111 11111001 1110101 10001010010 110010101 111100100 10101010110 111011 1010101010 101101010 110010011100 101010101110 0010100 010011111 01001101010 1001000101 100100101 0010101001 0001010100 1011 101010 101011 100101 11111 1111011 1111111010 1111110101 100101001 011010010 11011110010 10110010 111 1110100100010 1110100010 1111011 1111001 1111010101 1111011 1111011 0101110110 0110110 1111111 111101110100 1011111 1111101 011101010010 101010010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; missing, she, like, in, i, her, bind, that, girl, with, oath are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, when, but, it, just, my, the, every, in, nobody, i, if are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines missing, talk, me, sorrow, oath are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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