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

As lone I sat one summer's day,
With mien dejected, Love came by;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaa XbXbX ccccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111101 01010111 01010101 11011101 111001001 11110111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11010001 11101111 11010111 01110111 11111101 11110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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