This is an analysis of the poem Give All To Love that begins with:

Give all to love;
Obey thy heart;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdccefXfghbbiXghbbjihejabXegeXiiccjggdjd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 0111 1101 0101 110101 1001 10110 1011 100100 1011 1111 01001 0101 0101 10001 1011 1011001 011101 0100101 1011 10110 0001 1101 1110 110010 1111 1111 11111100 11101010 1101 010010 11110 01010 101001 11001 1111001 1010101 0010101 101101 110101001 1010111 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 928
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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