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

DEAREST, if I almost cease to weep for you,
Do not doubt I love you just the same; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac caca acac dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110111 111111101 10111110111 1010110111 101011110101 111011011 11101111101 111011101 11111011101 111011101 11101111001 111110001 11111111111 111110111 11111111111 1110101101 11101011100 101110111 11101110100 111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, no, her, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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