This is an analysis of the poem Love, The Song Of Songs that begins with:

Over the roar of cities,
Over the hush of the hills,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa abab cdcd aaaa eaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 1001001 110011101 011101 1011010 101101 011101001 110101 1010111 11111 01010011 110101 01010101 110101 11111101 110101 11111111 101101 010100101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Love, The Song Of Songs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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