This is an analysis of the poem Love that begins with:
Then said Almitra, 'Speak to us of Love.'
And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a b a X a X a c d c X e b f f g g g X X h e g i X f e h g f i j d j bXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100101010 111011101010111010010 1001111 111001101 1011111 1101011101 1011001010111 1111010101 10111011101111010 11011111111011101101111011110 1011010111010110010110001 111010111100110001 110111011001 110101110 111011011 111010 111011110 1110110010101110110111101 11111110111110100111011001010011 1001111110111110 10010111110110011101101 00010011111111011011111011 1111011111001 10101110001 110010101 1111111100111101100101 111110101010011100111 11110010101001 101111110101101010 011010101110100001 0101011100 0010111101001 1011001100 0111001111110101010 011011011011100 001111000101 110100110010011101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 37
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, you, your, he, as, so, to, for, even, that, sacred, but, not, of, love, be, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, love, to are repeated.
The author used the same words and, he, love, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Love;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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