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

Our love has grown a thing too deep and grave
For touch and speech of trivial gallantries:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaaXXa XbbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111011111 11110100100 1111100100 0111011111 010100101101 1101110100 1110011000 10101111001 11111000101 0101000101 11010101001 0101011100 1100010101 110001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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