This is an analysis of the poem Is This The Price Of Love? that begins with:

Never again the sight of her?
Never her winsome smile ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaBB XcXcXcBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010100 100101 110101100 10100101 100110111 011101 11110001 11000101 100101001 100111 111100101 0100101 100111101 110101 11110001 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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