Love Disarmed by Matthew Prior: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Love Disarmed that begins with:

Beneath a Myrtle's verdant Shade
As Cloe half asleep was laid,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaa XaXc Xbb ddee aaffccff ggffff bbdd bbXf hh ffbbXaagg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,4,3,4,8,6,4,4,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1110111 10110101 101101001 10010111 01110101 11000101 110101100 11000101 11010110 11011101 010111100 01011101 01011111 011001101 11010101 11011101 100000101 10011101 101101001 11010101 11110101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11010101 01011101 01111101 11011101 11111101 10110111 11111101 11111101 11111111 01010101 11011101 01011101 10111111 01100110 11010111 110100010 010111010 010110111 10010101 11110101 01010101 101110101 10010101 01010111 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Love Disarmed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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