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

Dear lowly flower that liftest up
Among the grass thy golden cup,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 01011101 11101101 11101101 11011111 110000101 10111101 11010111 11011001 110111101 11111001 11011111 111111010 1101100010 11011101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 544
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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