This is an analysis of the poem When Love Came Back that begins with:

Young Love was such a torment
I hid from him my face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXdX Xefebdcd agXgXbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 110111 1111101 010101 1111110 011101 11110101 1001110 1101010 110101 1111011 010111 0111110 011111 11010101 111110 1101010 111111 1101010 110101 1101010 110101 01110111 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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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