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

Now what is Love, I pray thee, tell?
It is that fountain and that well... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bXbbbB cccccc bbbbbB dddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 00110111 11010101 00010101 111001011 10011111 1101111 00011101 00010101 11010101 11110001 10011111 11010101 00011101 00010111 00011111 01111111 10011111 11010111 00010001 01010101 00010101 11110111 10011111 11010101 01110101 01110011 01110111 11111101 11000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, thing are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word yet at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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