This is an analysis of the poem Love Is Best that begins with:
Dare all things for Love's sake, since love is best,
Of Fate ask nothing, rather by your deeds... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaaXaXbcbcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111101 0111010111 0101010110 1101011011 0100010010 1011110010 1011011011 1101110100 1101111001 1011010101 1101110101 1101011111 100111110010 10111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 618
- Average number of words per stanza: 116
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his is repeated.
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