This is an analysis of the poem Valiant Love that begins with:

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Now fie upon that everlasting life! I dye!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcddcc XceceXccbb XffXfbggbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110111010111 11110111 10110011011 100101101 1111111111 1111000101 1100101101 1011011111 110110010 1 1111011111 01011101 0101001001 11010101 1101010111 011101010 1011110100 10110100111 1110100101 1 1101110100 011101101 1111011110 011100101 11010111101 1101011101 10110101001 1011110111 1001011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.

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