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

I am the lover's eyes, and the spirit's
Wine, and the heart's nourishment. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabca defghh iii dj bjk Xabk Xbf cXhca ccckk Xgecj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,2,3,4,3,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011010 1101100 11011110111 0101011101 0101 1101011010 10001010010 011010011010 1010101011 10111010110 11010100011 11010010 10101010 100101010 11010100100 1011010010 101001111001 1100101010 010101001 10101011 111101 11011101001 11100110 1111001101100 1111010111010 010001 1110101001 1010011 11101101110 111010101 111100101010 10111011 10110101 1001111 1001111010 1011100110 1101110101 1110101010 1010110101 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, of, not, truth are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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