This is an analysis of the poem A Man’s Wooing that begins with:
YOU said, last night, you did not think
In all the world of men ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cded bdfd ghih djkj fldl dmnm fndn nbfb hdXd bhch ageg eogo cfff obhb ebfb Xgbg nkbk cknk pqbq klol alXl mkmk jXbc frpr fdbdXgeci
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 010101 11110101 011111 11010101 011111 11011110 111101 11110101 110101 01001101 011111 11110111 1101001 01010100 0111001 11011101 11011 01010101 110111 11111111 110101 11100101 010001 11111101 111101 011100111 110011 11011101 111111 11111111 011111 01011111 011111 01110101 110001 11111101 110111 01011101 101101 11110101 111111 101110100 011111 11110111 110101 11101111 011111 11110111 111111 11110101 110101 010100111 110101 110100100 010111 11111101 111101 110010101 010001 11110101 111111 10111101 1001001 11011100 111111 11010001 010001 11111111 110101 11111011 1000101 11111111 111101 01111101 110111 0110111 010101 1111101 010111 01011111 011111 11010111 111101 11010111 010001 11001011 0101011 11011011 101101 11011111 010111 10111101 0111100 11110101 111101 10111111 111101 10110111 010101 11110011 111101 11111101 011101 11011011 101101 00110111 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 27
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, i, or, to, my, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, and, i, the, my are repeated.
The author used the same words not, 'not at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines death is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase asleep connects the lines.
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