This is an analysis of the poem Couplets In Praise that begins with:

Poet of love, I sing here my whole soul to you.
Ah, might I all deeds dare, love would I prove to you.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc aa cc dd cc aa bb ee bb ff gg ddXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111111101 111111111101 111111100101 110101100101 111100110101 101101110101 100111111111 111111100111 101111100100 101101110100 101111100100 011111111100 111101111101 101111101101 101101111101 100111101101 100111101100 110101100100 111111110100 110111111100 100111111100 101111110100 1001111101101 111101111101 110100101100 110101101100 110111110100 100111101100 110111111110 111101111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, of, you, your are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, it, down are repeated).

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