This is an analysis of the poem Is It A Sin, To Wish That I May Meet Thee that begins with:
Is it a sin, to wish that I may meet thee
In that dim world whither our spirits stray,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcacddaeeff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 00010111111 0111101101 1111010111 00011111111 01111111010 01110110010 0100110111 1101101101 0111110101 1111010111 11010100101 1101110101 1111011111 1011011101 10110011101 1101010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 706
- Average number of words per stanza: 134
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and are repeated.
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