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

Twice I awoke this night, and went
to the window. The streetlamps were ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdeefgfXhgijXcihXhebjdaafgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 00100100 01000101001 1001010101 0101110111 11010111 10111000101 010011111 10010110 1101001110 1011100010 11011111101 0010011100 11010111 1101100100 10101001 1100111011 111101011 0111110 1011100 111011001 1011011 111101110 1101011 11000111 010111011101 011011010 11010101 1000010000100 010110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 201
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; and, in are repeated.

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

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