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

Suppose, my dear, that you were I
And by your side your sweetheart sate;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc bdbdcC efefcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 11111111 01110111 01011011 11111111 111111 11110001 01110101 11110101 00110101 11111111 111111 11011110 01010111 01011101 01001100 11111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, you, to are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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