This is an analysis of the poem O Sweetheart, Hear You that begins with:

O Sweetheart, hear you
Your lover's tale; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XaXa dede Xfcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 1101 011110 1111 11111 1001 101010 1110 11101 0101 11011 0101 01010 0111 111110 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of O Sweetheart, Hear You;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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