This is an analysis of the poem A Pair Of Lovers In The Street that begins with:

A PAIR of lovers in the street!
I dare not mock: with reverence meet ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc bbb ddd bbb bbb eee fff dXd bbb ccc aaa bbb gge hhh egg aaXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 111101001 11000111 11111101 10110101 111100111 11010101 11011101 01010100 11010111 11110111 01010001 111011001 11010111 10100111 11010101 01011101 11010101 11110010 01010101 0100101 10110101 11011101 01110101 11000101 11001101 10010101 11111111 111101100 11111101 0101011010 111101010 110101110 11010011 11011001 100101011 10111101 01100101 11010101 01110101 010100111 10110111 11110100 10111100 111011111 01110101 11011101 01111101 10010101 11010100 10100100 11110111 11011101 110100110 10110001 01110111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 374
  • Amount of lines: 75
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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