This is an analysis of the poem IX. 'I love devoutly; thou shalt seek for long' that begins with:
I love devoutly; thou shalt seek for long
Ere thou receive another offering...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa bcbcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011111 1101010100 11110010111 0101010001 1111110111 1011000101 11110100011 11010100001 1111111011 1101001101 0111001001 1011000111 1111010101 0101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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