This is an analysis of the poem Love Is Enough: Songs I-Ix that begins with:

I1.
Love is enough: though the World be a-waning... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xa a b X b b b b Xc d c d Xe f e f X g f g f X d e X e X a h a h X d i d i Xa b b a Xf j j f X d f f d X a b b a Xi b b i b XX a a d a X a i i a i X i b b i b Xk e k e Xi d i d X d d d d X f l f l X g f g
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011010010 1011111010010 1010111110010 011110110100 10101111010110 1011011011110 1111110111110 011110011110 1111100110100 10011111010 011101001011 11111110110 11011101001 111111111101 1010011111111 11011111011 1011011111111 11111001111 1011110010011 11101111111010 01111001101 011011010110 01011011011 11001111011 110010110010 11001101011 111010110100 00101010101011 110111011100 1010011111110 111101001111 010010110010 01001001011 010010111110 1111111111010 11111011110 1011110011110 10011011011001 111011111111 10010110110 0011111011010 10101001011010 1110010110010 10101101100100 1111111011010 111110010110 1111111010010 110010110110 11001111011 10111010111010 1101101111110 0010011110010 1000101010010 10110100011110 010110010110 111011111010 110011111110 1110010010010 1111101100100 1001111011 1111010111110 1110010011010 101001111111 1110110011010 11111011011 111111111110 1111111010010 0001110011010 100110010110 101001100110 11111011011 111110111110 010110111011 1111111110101 1011011110010 1010011010111 11111011011 1000110111011 110110111110 1011010011010 101111111111 1111011011010 11111011011 10011010110 01011001011 111011010110 11011011001 111111011111 111111111011 111001011101 11011101111111 101011101101 111001010100 1110011010010 101011111001 11101111010 101110001111 0011001111001 10110011111010 111111011101 1110110110110 101011101111 011001111101 01100111101010 001011001101 1111011111010 111001001001 01011101010 110111110110 101001111010 1111010010010 001001011011 11111111110 10011011100 1111111111101 1110110011110 1110010010110 110010111111 1011011011010 1110111010010 1010110110110 1010010010110 1010010110010 1011010011010 11101110110100 111110111010 101001101010 1011111111010 1011110110010 1011010110010 1111110110010 11101101100100 1101 1011010 1101 1010010 1111 10111100 11111 10100100 111010111110 1111011011110 11111111111 1111 1010111 10111 101101 1111 1110110 1111 1011110 11110010111011 1110110111111 111111111110 11111 101101 101011 011111 1101 110110 1111 1111010 1111010110110 1111111010010 111111111110 1111 101111 101101 1001001 01111 1010110 111111 0110110 1101110011010 110111110110 111111111100 10011111010 101001011001 01011111010 101011011011 0011110010010 111101101001 0011010110110 00111101111 111110010101 001101111011 1110111011011 11111001011 111110010110 001101000111 111110010111 111111011100 110010110010 11011011111 01110101010010 011101101001 10111101111110 111111011001 110111011010 1111111101000 1001111110 11101101101110 111010100010 11010010010 110111011110 110110111110 1101100110011 1110110011010 1011011011010 1011010110110 1010110111010 111110111110 110010010010 111011110110 0010011011010 1010110110110 110011111110 1110110110110 111111010010 111111011000 11111111110 1111111111110 1011011111010 111110110110 0111101111110 1110110111110 10010100010 10010010010 011111011110 11111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 150
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 425
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; not, and, of, we, ye, its, me, your, i, my, o, day, his, no, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, with are repeated.

    The author used the same words and, the, ye, with, on, all, if, lo, come, here at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same words me, it at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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