This is an analysis of the poem May I Not Weep With You that begins with:
Let me come in where you sit weeping—aye,
Let me, who have not any child to die,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc ddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110111101 1111110101 1011010111 111100 0101110101 11011101110 0111111101 111101 1110010110 0101110100 1111011011 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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