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

WHEN for the first time I beheld her eyes
Fixing on me their captious, emerald fires,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcdXbefbgdaXXaf cehaXaiXdaejaakada lXXbhkalccjbihkglbhci XXXk X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,18,21,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101111001 101111010010 11010101111 1011010101 1101001111 0101011111 110101010 1001110001 1001000101 1100010101 1111110101 0111001100 01010001001 0101001101 010011111 00010101110 11010101010 1011010011 1011010101 011111001 01010101001 10000001100 11011001000 1111010101 0101101100 1111010111 01010101110 0101010001 1101011101 1001100101 0111010101 0101110011 01010010010 1001011101 00100101010 11010010100 10010100100 0101011111 11011100111 1011100100 011011111 10110011101 010101101010 1111010001 01 11111101 01010100001 1101010101 1101010111 0101101001 0011010101 1100011100 11010101111 1101010100 11010101010 11001101001 1001011100 1101001101 1001110111 11010010010 1111111101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 510
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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