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

Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep,
And shall my soul that lies within your hand ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacXddcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010011 1111110111 0101010101 0101111111 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101001101 1011111001 1101010111 0101000101 11011001101 1101011111 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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