This is an analysis of the poem Love's Ebb And Flow that begins with:

Believe me not, dear, when in hours of anguish
I say my love for thee exists no more....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011111010010 1111110111 11011101010 0001011001 101111101110 1111001111 01001101110 1001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Love's Ebb And Flow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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