This is an analysis of the poem Love Is Like A Dizziness that begins with:

O, love, love, love!
Love is like a dizziness;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1010100 01010110 1010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; love is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase love connects the lines.

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