This is an analysis of the poem Young Love that begins with:

Come little Infant, Love me now,
While thine unsuspected years... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gbgX hchc iiXi jejeXefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 1110100 111101 011011 1010101 1111101 1110111 1010001 1010101 1111101 1110111 1111111 1110101 1010111 1010111 1010101 1111111 1011101 0011101 1110111 1110101 1001011 1101100 1011101 11100110 1010011 001111 1110101 1011101 1111011 1101101 1111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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