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

Immortal Heat, O let thy greater flame
Attract the lesser to it: let those fires... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXXe bX
  • 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: 0101111101 01010001110 1101011101 11001111010 1101111111 1111111111 1001011101 110101111001 1111110111 1111111101 1101011101 1110011101 1111011111 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase dust connects the lines.

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