This is an analysis of the poem Against The Love Of Great Ones. that begins with:

Vnhappy youth, betrayd by Fate
To such a love hath sainted hate,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdXaaXXdX eefXXghhdX Xgaa hhXfeeXXXdaaiiddhXffgXXXjjccXXXbb bXhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,4,33,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 01011101 1111001 110010101 01011001 11010001 111001010 11010101 11011011 01111100 01010011 01000101 11110101 110110010 11010111 011010001 11010111 11101101 11000101 010010001 11011101 11100111 11010101 10010101 11110010 0111011 10010111 11011101 11010101 11000101 10011110 01010101 11011101 01110111 01100100 11000100 01011111 01010001 10110001 11011101 11111101 11010101 010011111 11011101 111110111 0011001 11110001 11010101 1110101111 01101111 111011110 11101101 10010111 01011101 11110111 110101001 11101111 0111010001 11011110 11111111 10011101 01111001 10010111 11110111 01111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • 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; her, or, with are repeated.

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