This is an analysis of the poem And Is Love Very Strong Where Honour Rules? that begins with:

And is love very strong where honour rules?
Would the world ever speak of Lancelot's love ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccdeXaefcbdfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011011101 10110101001 1101111101 1111010011 1111011101 1101011001 1111110111 1100010101 111000101 1011110100 1011111111 1011011101 1101110101 1101110101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; love, she, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word lovers is repeated.

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