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

True love. Is it normal
is it serious, is it practical?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaab bccdefffg achceffh Xabcf igfXfi Xd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,8,5,6,2,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 0010000100 110110110 101001011 110110011010 1100010101 010100100111 110 0101011 111111110 101110101 100111100010100 1101000111101 1101010 11111010 10100101111 1000100101 0101101001 11101010100 0010110001 010000101010101 01100111111 01010101010 11010110011 110010101 1101011 1100101010 111011101100010 1010011010 100010110101 0110101000100 0101110 1010110111 110110111 11010100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words doesn, it, what are repeated.

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