This is an analysis of the poem Love's Growth that begins with:
I scarce believe my love to be so pure
As I had thought it was, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacaa XccXcbdd efXfdd ghhgeecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110011 111101 010101 1100110101 1011110111 111100001101 100100111110 0111001010 1101110111 10010101011 1111101111 0111110111 11111010001 1011101011 1111011100 1100101 100100 1101110111 1011110101 0101011111 0101011100 0111110101 11110111101 1111010101 11101110111 1101010101 1101010101 11010100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 288
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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