This is an analysis of the poem Won that begins with:
Oh, when I would have loved you, Dear,
The sun of winter hung more near;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd Xccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 01010111 11111111 011100111 11110101 11011111 11010101 11010001 01110111 11010101 11110111 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sweet, so are repeated.
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