This is an analysis of the poem My Darling, We Sat Together that begins with:

My darling, we sat together,
We two, in our frail boat; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc adXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011010 110111 011110011 101001 01010010 1100111 1101010 1101001 01010110 011011 1111100 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, it are repeated.

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