This is an analysis of the poem I Was Not False To Thee that begins with:
I WAS not false to thee, and yet
My cheek alone looked pale; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccC dcdXeceCXdbdbacaC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 110111 11011111 110101 11011101 111111 11011111 111101 11110111 110101 01011101 110100 11010101 111111 11110101 111101 11110111 110011 11111111 111101 11111011 110101 11110101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, i are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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