This is an analysis of the poem First Love that begins with:

They say
the first love is the most important....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abca bX deff eed eaa eXXXXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 011001010 110010 1010101 11100111110 0010101 11110 1110011010 101010101 110010 1101010110 0010100111 10110 101 1110011 0110101 1110100 0111011111001 10000 11010 0100101 01010100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 89
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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