This is an analysis of the poem To Anna that begins with:
This faded lip may oft to thee
As gay a smile, my Anna, wear,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fXfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 11011101 11010101 11010101 111101001 010101010 11000101 1100101110 11110101 01110101 11110101 11010101 11111101 010101100 11011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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