This is an analysis of the poem My Love For You, Sweet Earth that begins with:

My love for you, sweet Earth, my mother,
I cannot hide - I do not crave...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXXXX cdcdceXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111111110 11011111 010100110 11010101 1010100010 01011100 111111100 11011111 110010010 110010101 110111010 10010101 010100110 01011101 010101011 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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