This is an analysis of the poem Love And Harmony that begins with:

Love and harmony combine,
And round our souls entwine... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb cccc dddd eeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1110010 111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1011101 11010111 1001101 1010111 1110101 1110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1010111 1110101 1110101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, there are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word there is repeated.

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.

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