This is an analysis of the poem The Definition Of Love that begins with:

My Love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis for object strange and high:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd eXef bXbg hfhf hahX hfXf iXig
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 11110111 01010101 01010100 01000101 11110101 11011111 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 10111101 1101010 10100101 11100101 11010111 11111111 11010001 01010101 11110101 11010111 01000100 11110111 010100101 11110100 11001101 11011111 111100010 00010001 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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