This is an analysis of the poem The Mortal Lease that begins with:

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Because the currents of our love are poured... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbbbbbb cdcdcc X eaaeXafe Xgbggb X hhhhhbbX hghghg X aggaagga aifaia a aiiafiia dXdhhd a jhhjjhhX klklkl X mggmmggm lhlhlh X hbbhhbbh ncncnc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,1,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 0101001111 1011000101 0111010101 11010110101 1011010111 0111011011 1011010111 1111010111 0111010011 1101010101 0101010101 0101010101 0101110001 1110000101 1 0111010101 0101001111 1101011110 0110110101 1101010101 1110010011 1001000100 0101011111 1110011101 1101010001 1111110101 1100110101 1101000101 1101010101 1 1101010101 01001111101 1111110101 1111010101 1101110101 11001010101 1001010101 11010101110 1110010111 1110010111 1101011101 11101010111 1111000101 1111011001 1 1101000111 1101110001 1101010101 0101010101 11001011001 1001010101 1011010101 1101010001 1101000111 01001110001 1111011100 0101110111 0101011111 01001010100 1 1111010100 1101111111 1001001101 1011000111 1011000100 0101010101 1011001111 0101001111 0011011111 1101101110 111111101 110110001 0111100101 0101010101 1 0101010001 1011010111 010100001 1100111101 1101010101 1101010001 1111011101 1111001110 1101011100 0101011101 1101110111 11010010101 11010010111 0111011111 1 1111111111 0110110101 0101010101 11001000111 1101010001 1111110101 0011010101 0101010111 1111010111 1101011111 0101011111 01001111111 11110001101 1011111111 1 1111111101 110010100111 1100110111 0111110001 1111010111 1011110011 1100101001 1011110111 1101011111 0111001111 10101000101 1100110001 1011010101 1100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 120
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; of, her, we, in, s, and, their, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The author used the same words because, sad at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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