This is an analysis of the poem Love's Own. that begins with:

Ah, that hair no age can dye
That is golden in Love's eye,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1010011 1111101 1111111 1011101 1110101 0010110 1010100 1110101 0011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; that is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Love's Own.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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