This is an analysis of the poem The Bond. that begins with:

Love me for Love's sake till the dream is done,
And when we waken let us part for aye!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXaccabdXdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110101 1111011111 1110000101 1111110010 0111010101 1011110011 1101010101 1111000101 1111001101 1101000101 1011010100 1101010101 110101010 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 550
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

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  • summary of The Bond.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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