This is an analysis of the poem Primeval My Love For The Woman I Love that begins with:

PRIMEVAL my love for the woman I love,
O bride! O wife! more resistless, more enduring than I can tell, the... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101011 11111100101011110 101 1101100100101 0010001010010011010 10111001001111 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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