This is an analysis of the poem The Passionate Freudian To His Love that begins with:

Only name the day, and we'll fly away
In the face of old traditions,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbXdbXefe bdXdXfffcgcg ahbhdbcXeifi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111101 00101010 0010110101 11111010 11101101001 1010000 11111111001 10111010 1111111100 10011010 1011111101 10101010 1011110111 11111010 1010100101 00101010 0011110101 00111110 1110111101 10101010 1110100101 10101110 0011110101 1101001010 10101000101 10101010 0110110111 11010010 0110110101 01100010 1011100111 10111100 1110111101 00101010 1010100101 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 468
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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