This is an analysis of the poem Complaint Of A Dying Lover that begins with:
IN winter's just return, when Boreas gan his reign,
And every tree unclothed fast, as nature taught them plain :... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXXddcXaaeeffgXffXbXdaacXbbfXgXhhfXfXiiffXdccggbbcciiaXjjgXffffeeeeakffggddak
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010101110101 110011001110101 010101111101 11110111111001 110001110111 10011111111101 1101110100001 1101101111110 1110111111101 01010101001111 110111110101 01110111111001 110001111111 01011101011111 11111110111 01011111110011 110111111101 11001101011111 010101010111 0101111100111 111011100101 10011111011111 1111111101101 010101010110101 101101011101 10111101011101 011001110011 10111111111111 1110111101101 111001011001011 1001101010111 11110101010111 1111111100101 111111011110011 1111111110001 01011101010111 011101110111 1101111110111 111111110011 11111111110111 010101110101 01011111111101 1101111110101 11011101010101 111101110001 010011000111010 1001111111110 01110101110101 11011111011 11010101110110 110001011101 010100101111101 10011110101 11101101010101 111101100101 110111111110111 111101111101 10111101111101 111111010101 11110101110101 1001111110111 00010111111011 100101110101 11010101110001 100101110101 110100101010111 111110110101 11011101011101 11010111101 01010111110101 1111011100101 11011111011101 111111111101 01011111011101 111101011101 11111101110101 101101011101 11011111010101 111101010111 1101011110001 1111010010111 10010101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 4650
- Average number of words per stanza: 929
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, thy, ', and, himself, i, my, him, with, he, this, who, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ' connects the lines.
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