This is an analysis of the poem Oh Terrible, Beloved! A Poet's Loving that begins with:

Oh terrible, beloved! A poet's loving
Is a restless god's passionate rage, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcd eXeX fgfg XXeX adXd hihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001001010 001011001 11010001110 10010101 01111101 0100110101 10101101101 101111111 111010101 10101010101 1010101001 1000111010 111011100 0100101110 1100111100 011101110 110010111 1111010111 101110001 10101000101 11000101010 1100011001 0101111010 1001010101 10010010110 110100111 110001000110 1010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and are repeated.

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