This is an analysis of the poem Dost Thou Not Care? that begins with:
I love and love not: Lord, it breaks my heart
To love and not to love.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefagag hihieheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111110111 011101 1101110101 00111001 11111111 1011 111111 1001110111 1011010111 110101 1111110111 11110101 11011101 1111 111111 1001110101 11110111010 100101 11010101010 01010101 11010101 01110 011111 01111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; love, i, be, to, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, did are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of Dost Thou Not Care?;
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