This is an analysis of the poem To May that begins with:
I have no heart to write verses to May;
I have no heart—yet I’m cheerful today;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011001 1111111001 1111111101 11111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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, no, heart, to, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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