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

Sweet, I blame you not, for mine the fault was, had I not been made of common
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dd XX aa efgf dd aaa cgg ee hh ii jee cee bbXajj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,4,2,3,3,2,2,2,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111101111101010 1 11101011001101010 101 0010011010111010101 1110101010100110101 1110100010101011101 1110110101110110001 1110111010101010101 10111010100111000101 101010111111101101 1 1110111111010110010 1 1110111010101010101 1010101010101011101 111010100101010101 001011111010101010 1 111010101010101000 1 1110100110111010011 1110100110101010011 1111111010111110101 1010100110101010001 1111101010101000101 1111101111111110101 1010101010101010001 100110101011101010 1 011011110101010111 101011011010101010 1 1010100010101010111 1111101111111011101 111010010111010001 1111111110111010 101 1110101010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, had, and, of, have are repeated.

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