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

She loves me! From her own bliss-breathing lips
   The live confession came, like rich perfume ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadedeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110011101 1101011101 1101010001 1111100101 1011011111 11011100101 1101011001 0101011101 1001010101 1111010101 1101000111 1001010101 11011111001 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 755
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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