This is an analysis of the poem Song #3. that begins with:

Love's but to be had this way:
Reverent you must be with her,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdedefafagcgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 10011000 1011111 1000101 1110001 1110101 1011001 1001101 0110011 1111111 01100111 0111101 1010011 11100101 0110111 0010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 482
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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  • summary of Song #3.;
  • central theme;
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