This is an analysis of the poem Love—is That Later Thing Than Death that begins with:
Love—is that later Thing than Death—
More previous—than Life—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XbXb bcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110111 110011 01010101 110001 11010101 010001 10010100 010101 110101001 100101 11010100 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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