This is an analysis of the poem Like A Laverock In The Lift that begins with:

It's we two, it's we two, it's we two for aye,
All the world, and we two, and Heaven be our stay!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaBb ccaa BbXX ddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01101101111 101111110011 1010000111101 101110101101 10111111101 111111110111 00111011011 111110111111 1010000111101 01101110111 101011110101 101011110111 10101111101 1111111111 01101110101 101010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; two, we, it's, and are repeated.

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