This is an analysis of the poem Great Lover, The that begins with:

I have been so great a lover: filled my days
So proudly with the splendour of Love's praise,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccaaeebbeefXaagghihbbiiaajjfajjkkaaaaahhjjlliiggffmmnnbbooajjaaa jjiX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011010111 1100010011 0101100100 01010001110 1111110101 1001110111 1111010101 11001010111 1111110111 1110010101 1011010111 1111000101 111111101101 1101010101 0100011001 100111100011 01011110111 11001110101 1111111111 1011011000 10110011111 1011010101 11010101111 0101010111 11010110110 1111 1111110 10111100101 1101011011 0101110101 1110110101 110011100110 110011111010 10011101001 1011000111 1011010111 0101011110 1011110101 10001000101 01000110101 0010111101 01000101010 11010101110 01111111 11 11010101101 11010101101 1001110111 1001011101 1101101101 1101010101 1111010111 11011111001 10001011101 1111011001 1111110101 1111110111 1110111111 11010100110 11110111110 0100110101 11100100101 1011111111 11000100001 11001111111 1111010111 11110 10111 1111011101 01010011101 010111 1001 1111110101 0111111101 1111010101 111010100011100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 200
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, i, and, that, of, all, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Great Lover, The;
  • central theme;
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