This is an analysis of the poem Love, Hope, Desire, And Fear that begins with:

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And many there were hurt by that strong boy,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaaaccddddeeccbbbbccddeeddddddffghhaaiieejjggddcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,54,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011111 0111110 11111000110 1101011100 011111 1011010101 11010101 1101011 110101 0011001101 11100010101 11110111 010101 011101 01001001111 010101 1110011111 0111010 1111110 01110100010 111100110 111101 100101 111001010 011100010 01111001110 11010101010 010101111 010111 1101111001 111111 11100101001 1001010101 1101010011 1101110100 01010101010 110111111 110101011 11011111 010101011 110111100 011100010 1111101 0010101 1010111 1010101 11101010 10101010 1110101 0111100 1010101 100011 1010111 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1920
  • Average number of words per stanza: 346
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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