This is an analysis of the poem The Nature Of Love. (From The Italian) that begins with:

To noble heart Love doth for shelter fly,
As seeks the bird the forest's leafy shade;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeefgfghihiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111101 1101010101 1111110111 1011010111 110111 1111011101 111111 11011010111 100101 110011100101 10010101001 1101000101 0101100101 1100010111 1101001 1111110101 110011 1111010101 101111 110001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 806
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; heart, love, noble, in, and are repeated.

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