This is an analysis of the poem Let Us Make A Leap, My Dear that begins with:

Let us make a leap, my dear,
In our love, of many a year, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbcceedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 01101001 11010101 1011101 1011101 0011111 1010101 0010101 1010001 1010101 11101010 11101010 1011101 11111101 11010101 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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.

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