This is an analysis of the poem Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae that begins with:
Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine
There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaabA cdcAdA bebAeA aXaaXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111100010111 111110101111 011101010101 1111001101110 1111001111 11010010100110 110111110111 110111011111 100100011101 1111001101110 1101110111 11010010100110 110110101001 11010100001 100111110101 1111001101110 1101010111 11010010100110 111101011101 110101010101 111110100101 1111001101110 11010101010 11010010100110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 299
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are 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 fashion at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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