This is an analysis of the poem Song Ii: Have No Thought For Tomorrow that begins with:

Love is enough: have no thought for to-morrow
If ye lie down this even in rest from your pain,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd ededd bcXcc fgfgg bhbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111010 011101001011 11111110110 11011101001 111111111101 1010011111111 11011111011 1011011111111 11111001111 1011110010010 11101111111010 01111001101 011011010110 01011011011 11001111011 110010110010 11001101011 111010110100 00101010101011 11011101101 1010011111110 111101001111 010010110010 01001001011 01001011111 1111111111010 11111011110 1011110011110 10011011011001 111011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Song Ii: Have No Thought For Tomorrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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