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

QUIETLY as rosebuds
Talk to thin air, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBA cded cafA eded XfBf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001100 1011 11110 111111 100110 110101 1011010 001001 100110 11101 10110 111111 100111 1011 10111 00001 011110 1111 11110 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 535
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Love's Coming;
  • central theme;
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