Lines To One Who Wished To Read A Poem I Had Written by Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Lines To One Who Wished To Read A Poem I Had Written that begins with:

Nay, read it not, thou wouldst not know
What lives within my heart,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh Xibi ehXh fjfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 110111 10110111 110101 11111111 010101 10010101 001101 11010111 011101 01011101 011100 11010001 110101 010010100 111101 01100101 111101 11010101 110101 11101101 0101110 110001010 1101010 11111111 111110 11011111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; not is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, though are repeated.

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