This is an analysis of the poem He And She that begins with:

If absence makes the heart grow fonder,
Sweet, my love, I wish you gone;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaAabAB ACaAacAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101110 1111111 111111010 010101110 11111110 00011101 010101110 1111111 10111010 00110101 11101010 10111010 111101010 1111111 10111010 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of He And She;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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