This is an analysis of the poem The Aged Lover Renounceth Love that begins with:

. I loathe that I did love,
In youth that I thought sweet;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacacdedebfbfghghididjcjccbcbklklbmbmnfnflilicbcbcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 011111 110101110 111111 111111 110101 11010101 110111 110101 111001 11010111 111011 111101 111001 11111101 111001 110101 010101 11110111 111101 010011 010011 11010111 111111 010001 011111 01010101 111001 010101 110101 01011001 110111 111101 110101 11111101 110101 110101 110101 01111001 111101 111111 111101 00110101 110101 11011 111111 11010111 110001 110001 110111 1110001 011111 111101 111101 11010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1589
  • Average number of words per stanza: 323
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, my, me, ye are repeated.

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

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