This is an analysis of the poem Sweetheart, Stay A Moment, And Hear Me Speak that begins with:
Sweetheart, stay a moment, and hear me speak.
I crave only to gaze at you - O stay !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bX cc XX XX bd cb Xd ca EFC EFC Xbc XX eb ea X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,2,2,2,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110101111 1110011111 1010111101 1111010111 10001010101110 1011011101 1010010011 11111001001 010111010010001 11010111010111 11011101010011 110111111111 110100001101 0100110101 11111101110 11011111101 11010111011100 01010110010101 11010101 01011011 1111100111 11010101 01011011 1111100111 1111110110 101101111 1010101101 111110101010 11110001001 110111010111 101101110111 1011011101 1101111101111 0101100110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 885
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.
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