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

Ah yes, I love you, and with all my heart;
Just as a weaker woman loves her own, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb afafgg aaaabb ghghii bibibb jgjgaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110111 1101010101 1011110101 10111110001 1111011111 1101011111 1111110101 1111011101 1111010111 0111101111 0101110111 1011010101 1111010101 1111110111 0111110001 0111011101 0100111001 1111111101 1001010111 0011011101 1111110110 1101111011 1111011101 1111010111 1111111111 01111100110 1111000111 11111001010 1011010010 1111111101 1101010101 1100100111 1100111111 0011010111 1101110101 0111111111 1111110101 1101111111 1111010111 0101011101 1010010111 1101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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; i, and, as, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, your, thank are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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