Song Iii: It Grew Up Without Heeding by William Morris: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Song Iii: It Grew Up Without Heeding that begins with:

Love is enough: it grew up without heeding
In the days when ye knew not its name nor its measure,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbab cddcd eccecXabbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110110 0011111011010 10101001011010 1110010110010 1010110110010 1111111011010 111110010110 1111111010010 110010110110 110011110110 10111010111010 1101101111110 0010011110010 1000101010010 10110100011110 010110010110 111011111010 110011111110 1110010010010 111110110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • 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; of, its, and, ye, not, your are repeated.

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

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