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

Between the hands, between the brows,
Between the lips of Love-Lily,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacadadebecaXaX fbfcegeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010110 010011101 110100111 11011101 11110011 11111101 11111101 01010101 01010110 010011101 010011111 11110101 111100101 11001101 11110100 11111111 10110110 11101101 110010101 11110101 11000101 11111001 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; between, my, within, and, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words between, who, within are repeated.

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  • summary of Love-Lily;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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