This is an analysis of the poem Let Love Go On that begins with:

LET it go on; let the love of this hour be poured out till all the answers are made, the last dollar spent and the last blood gone.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X a XXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 1011101001001111010110110110111 110111010111011001110101111111 1010010111101110110001011011100101001 10011011011101010111011100111 1111011110100100111001010001111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 694
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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