This is an analysis of the poem A Valentine that begins with:

The hunter to the husbandman
Pays tribute since our love began,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbaaXXccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01000100 11011101 101100101 010111000 11010101 10010111 11010011 11110011 111111001 01010100 11010111 10110101 10110101 010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 A Valentine;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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