This is an analysis of the poem Herbert Marshall that begins with:

All your sorrow, Louise, and hatred of me
Sprang from your delusion that it was wantonness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcabXdXcXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11100111001 101010101100 0101010111 111101001011 11010111101 011111100 1110 011111111 11011000110 11001111101 00110 11101010111 11111101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 534
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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