This is an analysis of the poem Stanzas, On The Same Occasion that begins with:
WHY am I loth to leave this earthly scene?
Have I so found it full of pleasing charms?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcc XdXddadaa ededdadaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1111010101 1101010101 1101110101 0001011101 11100010101 1111110101 1100011101 110101010101 1111100111000 1101010101 1111010101 0111101101 0101011101 0101011101 11111100101 11110100101 111111100101 1111000101 0111010101 1111010101 1101000101 0101010111 11110010001 1101111100 0111001011 111011010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 382
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; of, again, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, fain, again, who are repeated.
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