This is an analysis of the poem I Want to Die While You Love Me that begins with:

I WANT to die while you love me,
While yet you hold me fair, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb AcXc AdXdXAaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 111111 11010111 111011 11011111 110111 11010001 011101 11011111 111101 11110101 110101 11011111 110101 01000011 111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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