This is an analysis of the poem Dumb Love that begins with:
How do I love you then?
Till stone unfold his nature, and...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXb abcbbXabcbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 111111 11010101 1001010 11111000 10101 111111 10111101 1111010 1101010 10001 110111 10111001 100111 110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Dumb Love;
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