This is an analysis of the poem Love (I) that begins with:

Immortal love, authour of this great frame,
Sprung from that beautie which can never fade;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaae ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101100011 101111101 11110111001 1101111111 1101110101 11000101010 1101010111 11011111010 11011101 0101111101 11011111001 1101000111001 11111000111 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Love (I);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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