This is an analysis of the poem Pastiche that begins with:

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LOVE, oh, Love's a dainty sweeting, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bBcc X ddee X ffbb X ggcc a bBhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101010 10111010 1011101 1111111 1 11111110 10101010 1110101 1000101 1 1111001 1011101 1110101 10110001 1 1110101 1110101 1110101 1110101 1 11101010 10111010 1011101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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