This is an analysis of the poem Deserted that begins with:

O Love, my love, it's over then—
Your heart flies free; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd bdbdebeb aeaebcbc fefedgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1111 101111101 011111 101110101 01101 11011111 1111 11011101 1111 111111001 0111 11110111 11110 11110111 110111 11111101 0111 11010101 1111 11011110 0111 11010101 0101 10110101 1111 10111100 101101 111100101 111101 11001111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, my are repeated.

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  • summary of Deserted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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