This is an analysis of the poem Won'T My Beloved Leave That Frown? that begins with:

Won't my beloved leave that frown?
And show his lovely face?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc aXde fgac dgeX ehdf ihXX XeXh ahX ieXa bahX hhah idaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,4,4,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 110101 110001001001 11100010 101000101 10010101 101000101 011010010 1111001 110010101 001011 11111101 1111001 11101011 11111 0111111 111111 11101101 110111101 1111010 1000101 01010111 110101 1110101 011010101 1111101 1101110 01111010 10010111 11100101 010111110 110101 11011100 10100111 101101 101101 11010101 1101101 1111010 0100101 101101100 111001001 100111010 100011 11110101 1010101 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

    The author used the same words won't, if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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