This is an analysis of the poem Proximity Of The Beloved One that begins with:

I THINK of thee, whene'er the sun his beams
O'er ocean flings;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aa a b Xb X c dc d c ecXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011000101 10101 11011000111 01001 1111010101 01100 11010110101 01001 1111110111 0101 0101011101 1101 0111110110 1111 0111011101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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