This is an analysis of the poem The Faithless Lover that begins with:

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O LIFE, dear Life, in this fair house... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaa caXa dXXX Xbece efdf gege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 11110011 11010101 010100101 110101 11110101 01000111 01010101 011101 11011001 10011111 01011111 011101 1 11110011 111101110 01010101 0111010 11110101 10111101 11010011 110111 11110011 01010011 11010111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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.

  • 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 word a is repeated.

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  • summary of The Faithless Lover;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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