This is an analysis of the poem Let Love Go, If Go She Will that begins with:

LET love go, if go she will.
Seek not, O fool, her wanton flight to stay.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cCCddeeffddffb CCbghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,14,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110 1111010101 01111101 01010101 01010101 11111101 11111111 011101 0101 0111010001 1100011101 1001100111 1101000111 1100010001 1111010101 010010010111 1101110101 010011 11111101 11111111 111111 11111101111 01110101 11011000101 00101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; she, to, love, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, joy are repeated.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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