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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbdaadbeebfggf X hgghcbbcgeeggiig X gffghjjhkllkfeef X jmmjleelbeebcnnc a jccjddddXggdeaoe a faafellegjjghkph X jkkjbkkbcggcfddf X effeeggenggnkddk X XiiXlXkXcmmcjmmj d jcXjkbbkcjjcdlld a aqqalbblrddragga X bbbbecceeeeefaaf X XeXbbaabgccgkddk X bffbek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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10010101001 1 1101010101 0111111111 1101110011 1100110101 1101010101 1111101101 1011101101 1101110101 1011010011 1110111111 1101110110 1001010011 0111000111 11111100111 1101010011 1101010111 1 0100010111 0101111101 1111011110 1011011101 0111011101 1101010101 0111011001 1111100101 1111110011 0101101101 1101011101 0101011111 1111111110 1101111101 1101011101 1011110111 1 1111110111 11010100111 01010101001 1011110111 0101110010 0100010111 11110101001 1011110101 1001111110 1101001101 1001010101 1101110100 0101010111 1101010101 0100111111 1111010001 1 1111110011 11010101001 1101010111 0101011111 1101011101 1110010011 1111010011 1010010101 0101011101 1101001101 10000010111 1101010101 1111011001 0111110101 1011011111 1111010001 1 0100010101 11110001001 1011010101 1110010101 0101000101 0101110101 11011101110 1111011101 1101111000 10010111011 110011111 1101110101 1111011111 1101111111 1011010111 01000100101 1 1101000100 01011101110 0101010100 1011011100 1001110111 0101101011 1101011111 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0111010101 0101011111 01110101001 1101110101 11110101001 0101010111 1101111111 1101010101 1 1111011111 1111011111 1101000101 01110100111 11101110010 0101010010 110011111 0111011101 1100010101 01010111001 11010010100 0111011111 0101110001 11111110011 0111111001 1111011101 1 11001111001 1101010101 1111010000 1101010101 1111110111 0101010101 0101010101 1101110101 11010100010 1010110101 1111010101 01010101110 1001110111 0101111101 0011111101 11110100111 1 1101001011 0101111100 1111000111 0101000101 1111011101 11011000111 111010101 1110010101 10010010001 0111011101 0111011111 1111010111 110111111 1011011101 11110011101 11111111101 1 11010111001 01001110111 1001010111 11010010111 1111011101 0100010101 0111110001 0101011101 1101110111 1101010111 01101110101 1101110101 1111001111 0101010111 1101010101 1101110101 1 1111001101 0101010101 1111010011 0101110101 0111111101 1101011101 1100110101 110011011001 1110110101 1101110011 1101010111 1101010101 1111010001 1100100001 1011110111 1101001101 1 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  • Amount of stanzas: 100
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 344
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 850
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, he, i, we, it, name, them, she, her, that, ', to, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, a, the, she, they, you, o, here are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases if, you connect the lines.

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  • summary of Modern Love;
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