This is an analysis of the poem Virginal Love that begins with:

I LOVE him so,
That though his face I ne’er might see,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaba AccacaXAbbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11011111 0001011111 010111 0101010100 110111 1111 10111101 1001010111 010111 0101001111 101101 1111 110101101 1100001001 1100111 10111011001 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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