This is an analysis of the poem I Love This White And Slender Body that begins with:

I Love this white and slender body,
These limbs that answer Love's caresses, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc bdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 111101010 100111010 010101110 110101111 0101010010 111111011 110111010 011101111 110111011 010101100 1111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, me are repeated.

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