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

O Nectar! O delicious stream!
O ravishing and only pleasure! Where ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddee dfdfffggee ahahibibaa hjhjkkccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1100110101 110101 0111011111 010001 1101 1101001101 11110111001 11110111 11110101 01110001 1101110111 010001 1011011101 101111 00111 01010101010 11010101010 111110101 01010101 01010101 0101010101 011101 1011011101 0101110 011 11010111110 1101010101 11010101 01010101 01010101 1111011111 111001 1111111101 111111 1111 1111010001 01010010100 11010101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, of, his, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, too are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word everything at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Love;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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