This is an analysis of the poem Lover’s Song that begins with:

[ANGELO, Act II., May, 1835.]
My soul unto thy heart is given,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaaaXbbabccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 111011010 01011101 110110110 01111101 11111101 110111010 010111010 10110101 110101010 1101 11001 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thou is repeated.

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  • summary of Lover’s Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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