This is an analysis of the poem Let Me Rock You In My Arms that begins with:

Let me rock you in my arms,
O high-born man, my sweetheart !...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xbd cea cec eXX ada aXb X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 1111111 101111101 01010101 1010001 110100111 01001100 111001 11010101 11010101 10100100 101001001 10010101 1100100 010100101 1110111 11110101 10010101 101111101 0111101 10100111 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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