This is an analysis of the poem Be Near Me that begins with:

Be near me now,
My tormenter, my love, be near me—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABcdXcXcXcebXebdBdXaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111 110011011 10101111 1101001011101 0010100101010 1010101000 01001 01110011001001 1010111011010 1100111111110 11110001 11101101 0100010 11110111 1001 111011011001 11000101 10101111 11110011 1010 001 110011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1021
  • Average number of words per stanza: 150
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, of, its, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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