This is an analysis of the poem Book Of Suleika - Suleika's Love that begins with:

ONCE, methought, in the night hours cold,
That I saw the moon in my sleep;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c d d e ecffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,1,1,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 110001101 11101011 1111110001 101101001 11001111 11011101 11111001 111110110 1111111110 111110011 1010010111 1111111111 011101001 1111010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 67
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word he 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 me is repeated).

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