This is an analysis of the poem A Dialog that begins with:
I.
Death, if thou wilt, fain would I plead with thee:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abaB bab abaB X acaC cac acaC X dadA adaXdadA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,3,4,1,4,3,4,1,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1011111101 1111011111 1101110110 1011 11011110011 01001110111 11110111001 1111111111 0111110111 11111101101 1011 1 1111011101 11010110111 1111010111 1111 1101110011 1111110111 1111111011 1111011110 1101110111 11110100101 1111 1 1010101111 0100111111 01110011011 1010 1101101101 1111110111 0101110111 1111111101 1101010011 1111110111 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, and, thou, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase bow connects the lines.
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