This is an analysis of the poem A Question that begins with:

Love, wilt thou love me still when wintry streak
Steals on the tresses of autumnal brow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101000101 1011110011 1111011101 1110111111 1111011011 1111011101 0111110101 1111010101 1100111111 1111011111 1101000101 1111010101 1111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of A Question;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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