This is an analysis of the poem Love that begins with:

Love, though it is not chill and cold,
But burning like eternal fire,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdXda dadaeded fafacccc afXfagXgXababacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001111 110101010 01100101 11010101 11011111 010101100 11010101 11011101 11110101 11111101 11011111 110110101 11011101 01111111 11010101 11011101 01010101 01111111 11111001 01010101 01110111 110100101 11111111 11010101 11011101 010101001 11010101 011100111 11001101 11010101 1001101001 11000101 01000101 010001010 11000101 1101010010 10011101 01010001 01110101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; as, and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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