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

All through an empty place I go,
And find her not in any room;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcbcb cdXd cdad efdfXefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11010101 01010111 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010111 11010111 01110111 111101001 11010101 11011101 11011101 110010111 11010101 11110101 01011100 01000101 11111101 11011111 11100111 110100111 0101001001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Loss Of Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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