This is an analysis of the poem Love And Music. Written At Oxford, When Young that begins with:

Shall Love alone for ever claim
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe ffghhg ggiffi ccXggX ffccic ggjkkj ggXddk kkbXebXffbeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11010101 110101 11110101 01010101 110101 01011101 110101001 1010101 01111111 01001101 1100101 110100101 01010101 1011101 01010101 1100100001 1001101 01010101 111100101 1100101 11010101 11011101 010101 11010111 01011101 1101010 11010101 11110101 0111010 01110101 11010101 010101 01010101 010010111 110001 110100111 010101001 110101 01110101 01010101 01010001 110010101 110101001 110101 11010101 1101011001 010101 01010101 11010101 110101 010111110 11110111 110001 11110101 1111001011 110101 11100101 11010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i is repeated.

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

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