This is an analysis of the poem Alas, What Shall I Do For Love? that begins with:
Alas, what shall I do for love?
For love, alasse, what shall I do?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 11101111 1111 1111 011110 10
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i is repeated.
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