This is an analysis of the poem Love In Little that begins with:

Because the rose the bloom of blossoms is,
And queenliest in beauty and in grace, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb acbc dada ebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010100 110010101 01001011111 1101010111 1101010101 0101110101 1111010001 0101010101 1111010111 0101110101 1101001101 1101010101 1111111011 1011110101 1101110101 1111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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