This is an analysis of the poem Valentine that begins with:
Too high, too high to pluck
My heart shall swing. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dede cece efef eeee egeg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 1111 011111 1111 011101 0101 010101 1101 111101 0111 0010101 0011 011111 1111 111111 0111 011101 10101 101111 00101 111101 1111 110111 11111 110111 1101 110111 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same word before at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Valentine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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