This is an analysis of the poem Tease that begins with:

I will give you all my keys,
You shall be my châtelaine, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbX cdcd aeae ecec fgfg BabXXBaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 110110 1110111 1111101 1111101 1010011 1111111 0111101 10001010 1010101 1110010010 1110101 11101110 11111000 10111110 11000100 101001010 11111010 11111110 100111110 1111101 1110101 1011101 1011111 1011101 10111010 1010001 11101100 1011101 1110111 1110111 10111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, maybe are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, still, maybe are repeated.

    The author used the same word maybe at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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