This is an analysis of the poem Love's Reality that begins with:

I walk, I trust, with open eyes;
I've travelled half my worldly course; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeeefgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11011101 10010111 11001101 11011111 10111111 11110101 111100001 11011101 11010101 01000111 010001001 11010111 11010101 01010111 01010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Love's Reality;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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