This is an analysis of the poem Say Not He Loves Me that begins with:
Say not he loves me as before, as truly, dearly
As once he did... Oh no! My life...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XXcX Xdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111010 11101111 1101110111110 01000011101 0101010111110 0101111110 1011111111110 1100010110 100101010111 0111110111 1101011111110 111101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, as, i are repeated.
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