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

To make love with a stranger is the best.
There is no riddle and there is no test. --...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc aa dd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0110010001 1011011011 0111110011 0010010100 01011101001 1101110101 0101010101 0101000111 0101001111 1001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to is repeated.

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

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

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