This is an analysis of the poem To Emma that begins with:

Since now the hour is come at last,
When you must quit your anxious lover;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dddd aeae fgfg hdhd iiii fefe jhjh dXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110100111 111111010 11110101 111111010 01110001 11110111 11110111 01010101 111111010 11010011 110111010 11001100 100101001 11010101 11110111 110010111 101111101 110100101 101111111 10011111 11010101 010101001 110100101 010111001 11010101 011111001 111101001 01110111 11111111 11110101 11110101 01110101 11011111 01000101 11011101 11010101 00010011 10111110 00010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; this is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word which is repeated.

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