This is an analysis of the poem For Madame Sabatier that begins with:

What will you say tonight, poor soul in solitude,
what will you say my heart, withered till now,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbX cdcd aaX ebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 101101110101 1011111011 00110011111 10111010010 10111010010 101101100100 0100011001010 1010110100100 1000110110101 100011010101 0101001101 010110111100 110101111001 1111010110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; so, her, of, in, and are repeated.

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

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