This is an analysis of the poem Song. that begins with:

Pass thy hand through my hair, love;
One little year ago,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabacacDDaBabaeaeDDXaBabaeaeDD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 110101 00101111 01101011 10111011 1010111 11101011 101101 11000111 00111001 1011111 110101 1001011 110101 10101111 1010101 111110101 110101 11000111 00111001 1110111 110101 01111111 1010101 10101111 1011111 101010011 110101 11000111 00111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 481
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Song.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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