This is an analysis of the poem Satia Te Sanguine that begins with:
IF YOU loved me ever so little,
I could bear the bonds that gall,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbb cdcd efef dddd agag cccc bhbh gigi jfjf akak ilil mnmn Xccc odod acac ececXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011110110 1110111 11101010 1111111 11001110 1110111 010010010 0111001 10111001 001001001 0110111 1110101 1111001 1111011 11001011 100011011 0101101 1101101 1101101 0101001 11011010 11110101 11111010 1100111 0101101 1111101 00100111 1101111 1101101 1111001 001001001 101011001 1110111 11111101 1111001 00100111 111010010 1100111 01110010 1111111 01111101 11101011 11101011 000101101 11101111 1101011 11111101 11111001 110010010 01101101 11110110 1111001 101110110 1100101 11101010 1101111 10100111 10110111 11001011 0111001 11101010 11011111 001001110 10100111 1111001 1111101 1111001 1101111 11101011 10111111 1111101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, to, i, you, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he, you are repeated.
The author used the same words i, as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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