This is an analysis of the poem The Change that begins with:

LOVE in her sunny eyes does basking play;
Love walks the pleasant mazes of her hair;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ddXXee ffffcc ggggcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001011101 1101010001 1111011101 1111010101 0101011111 11110101 0111010101 1010011 10111111011 01010100 1101010011 1101011011 0101110001 1011101101 01110001101 1111110100 1101010101 10111101 1111111111 01110101 1111111111 11011111 11000010101 1111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; love, her, and are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase within connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Change;
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