This is an analysis of the poem True Love And New Love that begins with:

OVER the meadow and down the lane
To the gate by the twisted thorn:... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa Xcdddc eeeeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111101 00110101 111111001 111101001 01011111001 0101111 10101101 100111 110111001 110100111 010100111 0101111 111111101 0101111 110011101 0101001001 1111110101 00111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; her, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words before, you are repeated.

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