This is an analysis of the poem To Anne: Oh, Say Not, Sweet Anne that begins with:
Oh, say not, sweet Anne, that the Fates have decreed
The heart which adores you should wish to dissever;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab ccXc abab adad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111101101 011011110100 11001101101 011011010110 11101101101 11101101001 11100110010100 11101101001 101011001001 010010010110 11111011001 010011010010 11111101101 11011101001 11101101011 01001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; to, his are repeated.
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