This is an analysis of the poem The Maid-Martyr that begins with:
Only you'd have me speak.
Whether to speak... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcacbadefcbghbidgfic djkf ccleg icmemncd egecaejifd ibhaeiggc offhhjgppqXibbX hgmnai rigfapcioboidgdaaX bbmihahXXohdiohdsXoncXiiiididsnncpXgbdbheocf cbXX gbtchgdinfioIknscdfIf lccXliiXblfbfXsbicjdqgciideijadcnfebdbisbafnodoXXbdoc igiibgbgccgnlbjcriXhkde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,4,5,8,10,9,15,6,18,44,4,21,53,38,7,34,3,24,5,44,5,48,12,13,48,14,11,8,47,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 29
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
- Average number of words per stanza: 160
- Amount of lines: 580
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, whether, her, not, and, i, me, she, thy, no, my, it, diamond, ', that, of, mine, all, in, his, for, mourn, god, time are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, to, therefore, i, that, and are repeated.
The author used the same word her 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 speak, cruelty, disappeared, point, flash, stars, mine, mourn, christ, i are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase soon connects the lines.
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