This is an analysis of the poem A Gage D’amour that begins with:

Charles,—for it seems you wish to know,—
You wonder what could scare me so, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcccb aaadeeed aaafbbbf ggghccch bbbfiiif hhhjhXhj kkkjbbbj kkXdlllX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 11011111 11001110 010010 01011101 01010101 01110101 00110 10110111 11011101 10110101 01010 11010011 01111101 111011 11010 11101101 11111111 11011101 01110 11011101 110110111 11010100 110100 11011111 10100101 11110101 11011 101111101 10010101 111101001 11001 11111101 11110111 01000111 01010 010101001 11010101 11010100 01010 10110101 01110101 01111111 01110 11110101 11011101 11111101 11110 11010101 01011101 11010101 01010 11011101 11110101 11110101 11110 11010101 11110111 11111000 01010 11010111 0100101 10010011 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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