This is an analysis of the poem Modern Love Xxiv: The Misery Is Greater that begins with:
The misery is greater, as I live!
To know her flesh so pure, so keen her sense, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXabccbdeedXffc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0100010111 0101111101 1111011110 1011011101 0111011101 1101010101 0111011001 1111100101 1111110011 0101101101 1101011101 0101011111 1111111110 1101111101 1101011101 1011110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 678
- Average number of words per stanza: 129
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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