This is an analysis of the poem Love Conquer'D that begins with:

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The childish god of love did sweare... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabba XcXccX XddXXX Xefeef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010101 111101110 11010101 1101110111 11110010 1 110110011 1011101 1010101 110010101 11011101 1 1010101 10010001 010101010 11101110 10010101 1 1010111 11011101 110101101 01111111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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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