This is an analysis of the poem I Have Been Pierced By The Arrow Of Love that begins with:
I have been pierced by the arrow of love,
what shall I do? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABcXccXABXaXAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101101001 1111 111011111 1010110100 1111011111 1101011 010101010 1101101001 1111 010010100010 11111011 1110101101 1101101001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
- Average number of words per stanza: 93
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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