This is an analysis of the poem Farewell And Defiance To Love that begins with:

Love and thy vain employs, away
From this too oft deluded breast!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dedefafa fefefgfg fhfhbhbh ididjajkididdddd XgdgXaXa babahlhl didieaekXdjdjdddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,16,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 00110101 11001111 00110101 1100100101 110000011 11100101 110011 010101010 110010101 111001010 11111101 11100101 10010101 10111101 111101 111111001 01010101 11001111 11111101 11110101 11111101 10101101 011101 11111101 11011001 11110101 01010101 11111101 11010101 11110101 111111 11110101 11110011 01001101 11011100 01011110 10010111 11110101 110100 10111101 010101010 11111101 110101010 11011101 110010001 11011101 111101 11011100 11111101 1000101010 110010111 010100100 11011101 01001100 111101 11111111 11011101 11110011 01010101 11011111 11010111 11010001 1101001 11011111 11010101 10011101 1111100 10111111 11010100 10110101 01001100 11111011 01111101 01011111 11011101 11111101 010011101 01110101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, i, with, and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, nor are repeated.

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