This is an analysis of the poem Love's Rose that begins with:

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Hopes, that swell in youthful breasts,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXCdC XdedeCdC XAfffAdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110101 1110101 11010101 1100001 10101 110101011 110111 1 10101010 0101010 10111010 1111110 10101 111101110 110111 1 110101 110011010 1010101010 0101010 110101 11001101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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