This is an analysis of the poem I Would In That Sweet Bosom Be that begins with:
I would in that sweet bosom be
(O sweet it is and fair it is!) ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXaXA bcbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011100 11001100 11111101 01011000 11011100 11010011 111111100 11011011 100001010 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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