This is an analysis of the poem XVI. 'Even as love grows more, I write the less' that begins with:
Even as love grows more, I write the less,
Impelled to speak, unable still to voice...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbaab cXcXdd
- 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: 1011111101 0101010101 0101110101 01011101000 1011010101 1101110001 1001011100 11010111001 1111010101 1111011101 1100110111 01001010100 1111111101 1111100001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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