This is an analysis of the poem With My Beloved that begins with:

With my Beloved I alone have been,
When secrets tenderer than evening airs ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcaddcefefXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101010110 1101001101 110101 110011 1111010101 010101 01010100 11010100 0101110110111 1001010 0100111 0101010 000011 010111 101111110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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