This is an analysis of the poem Love Outloved that begins with:

I Love cometh and love goeth,
And he is wise who knoweth... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXaaa X bcdbXbceedXfcfXaXabggbbXccXcggf X hdahaahhaiigghaghah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,31,1,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110111 1101110 101111 111111 11111111110 11010101010 1001110101 1111011111 1101110101 1 1111111101 011101 11110011100 11110110111 11110011000 111010 1011100001 0111 1001011001 100101 01001010100 0111010100 10111110 11011100 0101011110 1101000101 1111010110 10110111 11001 1111010111 1111111111 1111 01110100101 01111100011 1111111111 1111 11110 110101 1101 0110111111 0101010100 1 0101110111 1101110001 1111010111 0100110001 01110101111 11010101001 111101010001 0101110101 11111111110 01010110101 0100111111 11010111011 1101011101 1001010101 11010100110 11001110101 01000100101 11110001010 0101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, love, wise, to, that, with, or are repeated.

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

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