This is an analysis of the poem I, Too that begins with:
I saw fond lovers in that glow
That oft-times fades away too soon:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cXcX dXdX cecX fXfX ebeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110011 11110111 11111111 11111100 01010101 111100101 11110101 111111110 11010101 11011111 111101 11010111 11010100 11000101 11011111 111111100 11010101 11011111 11111111 11111000 11011101 01011101 11111111 111101100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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