This is an analysis of the poem Tristan And Isolde. The Love Sin. that begins with:

None, unless the saints above,
Knew the secret of their love;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcccddccefgf ghheeijieeddjcgcgbbddjkjakaeeccddbbcc ddddccdXlllllmmgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,37,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1010011 1011101 01010101 10100101 1010001 1010100 0011101 101011 1110011 1010101 1111101 00111010 11011101 10111110 1110101 1011101 1011111 01110110 01011101 1110101 00010111 1110111 1010101 10101001 1010101 0110101 1010101 11101001 1110101 1010101 1011101 11000011 0010001 1010101 1111101 1010101 1010001 1011101 10111001 0010111 0010101 1010101 1111011 1110011 1011101 1010011 1110101 1011101 1010111 10101010 11101010 11101001 11010101 1101111 11110001 10100111 1100101 11101011 11111010 0110101 0010011 10101011 1111001 1110101 1011101 1010101 0110111 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 735
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Tristan And Isolde. The Love Sin.;
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