This is an analysis of the poem Leves Amores that begins with:

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Your kisses, and the way you curl,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccddeeffaXggcchhcccXicic djdj hhhh cbcbXcjcj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11010111 01010101 00111101 1000011 100100011 01010001 10011101 110010101 100010000 010010001 11000111 11011101 11110011 11011111 11010001 01110001 11111101 10011101 11010111 01111111 01111111 1 01011101 010110001 11011001 11010101 11110101 11111111 01010101 01010111 01110111 01001111 11011101 11101001 11011101 00010111 01010101 11110101 11110111 010010101 11011101 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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