This is an analysis of the poem Love Without Hope that begins with:

THEE glory of her charms I felt,
And thro' my frame electric ran...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac adedbbdb XfcXXbgb aabahaia gjejeaia gbdbfchc gbgbkeke
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 11110101 11110101 11110101 101100101 1100111001 00010101 011111001 01010101 11011101 11101101 01101101 01011111 11111101 01011111 11110101 01010101 010111101 101110101 110001010 111010001 01010101 11110111 01010101 01010101 11111101 10011111 00111111 01111101 100100111 01111111 11010101 11111111 10011101 110011101 01010101 11010101 01011111 11111111 01110111 11011111 01101101 01011101 11010101 11010001 110101011 11011111 11010111 01011101 11110101 11001101 11011101 11011101 11010101 11010111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, what, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, in, what are repeated.

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