This is an analysis of the poem Symptoms Of Love that begins with:

Love is universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa XXb bca bXc Xab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10101011 0111010 10110 10011 110100 101 110111 100101 10101 1010010 00101 10101 11010 110111 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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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