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

Yes, call me by my pet-name ! let me hear
The name I used to run at, when a child,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacXcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111111111 0111011101 01001110101 0110111111 0010011101 11011011101 000100101000 1111010101 1111111111 01011111000 10011000101 1101011001 1111111101 0011010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 614
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.

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