This is an analysis of the poem Stay! that begins with:
Stay! as I see thee now, abide for ever in my memory!
From thy lips the last inspired note has broken. No light, no flash is...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bccdb eX X f Xdf eXdda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,2,1,1,3,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110111001100 01101010111011110 01111111101010000 10100100101110010 101011111111011 0100101 10010010110101100101 110110110 110101111101010 01111111110 00001000101000100101 000101001010100101110 101011010 010111110101010011 1111101011011111 110101010011001011 11110110100100110101 0100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; of, thy, this, thou, art, instant are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the is repeated).
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