This is an analysis of the poem Song #5. that begins with:

Never remember what love's been,
That is the sorrow the world knows;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcbcbdedefafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110 10010011 01010111 011100101 10011001 10100101 01111101 01010101 10111001 01011100 10101111 10011100 111100101 110010101 11010111 11011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; to, her are repeated.

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  • summary of Song #5.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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