This is an analysis of the poem What Is Love? that begins with:
What is Love?
Is it a folly, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbbabA CbbcXC DeedXD cXccXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 00010 00111010 101 11101110 101 011 01110 10111010 101 00101110 011 11 11010 01100010 101 11111111 11 0011 11110 010101010 111 111111001 0011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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