This is an analysis of the poem Love that begins with:

All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever stirs this mortal frame,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede fcdc fgdg fchc ijkj LAma innN Xfcf LAna fgmg fnan agng nnXN mfgf cdmd gjoj ackc ohnh gbbb ngdg maoa igdgXbncn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 11110001 110101 10110111 1100111010 11110111 0101010 011101001 11000101 11111111 111101 11001011 0110011 11110011 0101001 11011001 11111101 111110011 011101 11011101 111111010 11111101 1101110 11000101 01111101 11111111 110101 11000111 01010101 11111011 010001 11011111 01010101 01110101 010011 11000101 01111101 11011111 110101 11110101 11111101 11110101 110111 10100101 10100101 10110111 011101 11111001 11010011 11110101 010001 11010110 110101001 11011111 010001 11111101 11110101 11010101 011101 11111001 11010101 11010101 010111 01011111 1100101010 110011101 0101010 10100111 11110101 01010101 011101 11111101 1100001 11010101 011101 11010101 11011101 11010001 110111 01011101 11001111 010001001 110111 11011001 11100101 11010111 110111 11011101 11010101 11110111 010001 11011111 11010101 11111101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; all, my, and, that, sometimes, she, partly are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase subdued connects the lines.

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  • summary of Love;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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