This is an analysis of the poem Late Loved--Well Loved that begins with:

He stood beside her in the dawn
(And she his Dawn and she his Spring),... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefef eaXXegeghehebXbX aifieXeecjXj jjjjkjkjhjhj XaeajXjalelemgmXeeeX cjcjhmhmecec cmcXcgcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,16,12,12,20,12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 110111001 00111101 01110101 01011101 11010111 01110001 00110101 011100101 11011101 00101111 10110101 10111111 11110101 110111000 111101010 11011111 11111111 11010101 00110111 01010101 01110101 01111101 11000101 11010111 01111111 11010101 110101001 011101001 10110101 11010101 11111101 01110101 00110100 11010111 11110101 110011001 01110101 11010100 01010111 01010111 11111101 00110101 11010111 010101110 11010101 110101010 10010001 00110001 00110101 11010101 11010101 10111110 01010111 11010001 010011111 11010111 11011110 1111111 11010101 01010101 11110111 11011111 11010111 01010111 11000011 01010111 11011111 11010101 10110001 10110111 10110101 01010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 10110101 010010111 10110101 01110001 11010101 110101001 0100111001 10110101 10111001 10011001 11111111 11110101 11110111 11010101 11111101 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 480
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, she, young, he, of, or, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words her, tall, i are repeated.

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