This is an analysis of the poem O Come And Meet This Separation-Tormented One that begins with:

O come and meet this separation-tormented one!
Had you loved, you too would shriek and wail aloud....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: A bc Xb cd XX dXXA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101101 11111111101 11111010010 0110011 10111101011 00101011110 110011 01001000101 11100010010 111100111 0010011001 1111010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; you, your are repeated.

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