This is an analysis of the poem Song Vi: Cherish Life That Abideth that begins with:
Love is enough: cherish life that abideth,
Lest ye die ere ye know him, and curse and misname him;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXab bbbbbc cdcdXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011011100 1111111111101 1110110011110 1110010010110 110010111111 1011011011010 1110111010010 1010110110110 1010010010110 1010010110010 1011010011010 11101110110010 111110111010 101001101010 1011111111010 1011110110010 1011010110010 1111110110010 1110110110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 335
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 19
- 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, and, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, and are repeated.
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