This is an analysis of the poem Amor Vitae that begins with:

I love the warm bare earth and all
That works and dreams thereon:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede ebeb bcbc fgfg hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 111101 11010101 110101 01000101 010101 01010101 010001 11010101 110101 11011111 1100111 110101011 1111110 11011111 1101010 11010101 010111 110101001 110111 110100111 111101 01010101 111111 11010111 110101 110010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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