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

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O mother, I am sick of love, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a Xbab aX X XaaX aX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,2,1,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1 11011101 11011111 11011101 111101 100011111 111100010 1 10010001 10010001 10011111 01110100 11111101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

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