This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas that begins with:

Could Love for ever
Run like a river,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabaaabccccbbc dddeaaaeaaacaac bbXbfefbcccbggb aaagXccgccchhhh bbXedddeiiihiih iXXbcccbjjjiaai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11010 11010 0101 11010 00110 11010 1101 11110 11010 111110 1101 11010 11010 1111001001 11010 11010 11110 0101 01010 11110 11010 1111 111010 010010 11110 0101 11110 11010 0101011001 11010 01010 01010 1101 01010 10111 11010 1001 11010 01010 010010 1111 01111 01011 11100101 11110 10110 11010 1001 11100 01010 01110 11001 11010 11110 11110 1101 01010 11010 110101111 11010 01010 01100 1101 11110 110110 11010 0101 11010 11110 01110 1101 11010 01110 011101111 11010 11110 11000 01110 11010 11110 11110 11110 11111 11011 0111 0111 11010 11010 01111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Stanzas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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