This is an analysis of the poem The Doubters And The Lovers that begins with:

THE DOUBTERS.
YE love, and sonnets write! Fate's strange behest!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbbccbdef aXdef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010 11110110101 0101010001 1111010101 1101000111 10010010001 1111111001 11001011111 1111011101 1110110101 1011111101 0101111101 010 1111010101 0100010101 01001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; and, to are repeated.

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  • summary of The Doubters And The Lovers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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