This is an analysis of the poem An Old Song Ended that begins with:
“How should I your true love know
From another one?”... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXacbcXdXdXefefcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111 00101 1010111 10101 1111111 11101 10010101 10101 1010011 11111 1010111 10101 1111111 11111 1111101 10111 1110111 11101 1010001 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 534
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; say is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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