This is an analysis of the poem A Lovers' Quarrel that begins with:

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Oh, what a dawn of day!... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aabbaaa X ccddccc X Eeffeee X gghhggg a dddddXd a bbeebbb X bbhhbbb X hhiihhh X jjiijjj h bbkkbbb a Eekkeee X Eelleee X mmXjXmX X jjeejjj X jjeejjj X ddiiddd X nnllnnn X hgddggg X lloollX X jjjjXjj X aaccaaX XXnniinnn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101 1011111 10101 10111 10110111 101101 11110101 1 101101 1010101 00101 10101 10110101 100101 11110111 1 101101 1111101 10111 01001 01110111 101101 11110101 1 101101 1011101 11111 10101 00111101 111101 111001111 1 1001001 10100111 111001 00101 11110101 1111010 11100101 1 100101 101100111 101101 00101 10111101 111111 1011101 1 101101 1111111 10101 10101 001010101 1010111 10111111 1 111111 1010101 101101 11101 11100101 100101 1011101 1 111111 0010111 10111 10101 10100101 110101 10111111 1 110101 1010101 11111 00111 11100101 101111 10100111 1 101101 1010001 00111 10101 10110111 111101 1011011 1 101101 1111101 11101 11101 10100101 101101 1010111 1 100101 1010101 10111 10111 10110100 1100111 00110101 1 101011 1011111 11111 11101 11110101 111101 00100101 1 101101 1111011 11101 10111 1010101 100101 1011101 1 100101 0010111 10111 10111 10110111 110101 101101 1 100111 1111111 10101 11111 11000101 100111 100101 1 1001111 1010101 11101 00101 10110111 100101 11100101 1 110101 0010111 10101 00101 11110101 100101 1010111 1 100111 0010101 11101 10101 0010010100 101101 10100111 1 100111 1110111 10111 11111 101101011 111111 0110111 1 110101 1011101 00101 11101 00100111 1110101 11101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 44
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 176
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, to, i, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, in, we, and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of A Lovers' Quarrel;
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  • history of its creation;
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