This is an analysis of the poem O, Give Me Strength To Take that begins with:

Thy love's as tender as the drooping rose that
sadly says to earth : ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXbcXdeXdfeXXXcXghchgffXXafXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101011 10101 111101011 1111 10100111010 1 1111011101 01 1111010101 1001001 0110011000 101 11010101010 1 0100010100100 1 010101011101 1001 101010101011 1 101010101010 00101 10100101110 01001 011101010101 110 10110101011 10 11011111010 10 01011111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 962
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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