This is an analysis of the poem To Anne that begins with:
Oh, Anne, your offences to me have been grievous:
I thought from my wrath no atonement could save you:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dbdb dbdb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100011010 110111010111 110010011011 1110111111011 111111010011 11101101011 1111010010011 11101101011 110001011010 010011010011 111110011010 111111110011 010111110010 110111010011 110011010010 011111110011 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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