This is an analysis of the poem Love Rides Disguised that begins with:
What name is his, thy knight's? Nay, ask it not.
If fate should hear thee, child, what griefs might come.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXbaXaXcdXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100111101 0111111111 1101110100 1011010100 0111010111 0101110111 0111010111 1001011101 0111111010 11011010111 1011111111 0111010111 101010111001 1111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
- Average number of words per stanza: 123
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, thou, his are repeated.
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