This is an analysis of the poem Not A Word that begins with:
Love, my heart is faint with waiting,
Faint with hope and joy deferred,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccB dbdXeeB ababffb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 1011101 11110110 1010101 101 101 1111101 10111010 0111101 01101110 1011100 111 111 1111101 10111010 1010101 11111010 0111101 111 111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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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