This is an analysis of the poem Amans Amare that begins with:

A cottage small be mine, with porch
Enwreathed with ivy green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd bbbb bece daXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 1000101 110100111 111101 11011101 011101 11011101 110101 11010111 111101 11111101 010101 1011010101 111101 01010101 110101 01011101 011101 11010101 011101 11011101 111101 11011101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

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  • summary of Amans Amare;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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