This is an analysis of the poem You Love Me—you Are Sure that begins with:

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You love me—you are sure—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abbcXXc aXcbbc dddccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111111 111101 111101 1101 010111 110100 1101 111111 110100 11010111 010101 111101 11 011111 110101 011111 11010111 100101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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