This is an analysis of the poem Love's Nearness that begins with:

I think of thee, when golden sunbeams shimmer
Across the sea;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc dede fgXfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101010 0101 11010101110 1101 11111101011 0111 01010101011 1111 11110101010 1001 11010101010 1111 1101111101 1111 01110111 010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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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  • summary of Love's Nearness;
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