This is an analysis of the poem Negative Love that begins with:
I never stoop'd so low, as they
Which on an eye, cheeke, lip, can prey,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXabccc XXddXdXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 11111111 100011110 11101100 11110101 11110110 11110011 11111111 01111111 01010100 11111010 11001101 01111111 01011001 11111111 11111100 11111100 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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