This is an analysis of the poem So Sweet Love Seemed That April Morn that begins with:

So sweet love seemed that April morn,
When first we kissed beside the thorn,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXee ccff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11110101 11010111 11111101 11111101 11010101 11110101 11000100 10011101 10011111 110010001 01011101 010011111 11010101 11010101 11111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • 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; in, to, so are repeated.

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