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

Give me more love or more disdain;
The torrid, or the frozen zone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaabb cXcXbbXaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111101 01010101 11011011 01000111 10010111 01010101 11010001 1101101 11010001 011100010 11011101 010110101 11111111 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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