This is an analysis of the poem Wont And Done that begins with:

I HAVE loved; for the first time with passion I rave!
I then was the servant, but now am the slave;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa bcc b dd eXf e cc Xff g bb dhh d ee cgg c ii jffXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111101101011 11101011101 11101001 101011011111 01111011101 10111011 111101111011 111011011011 001001001 1100111110011 001001111011 101001111 111011111011 111101011001 110110100 111011011011 1110010001101 101101111 111111011001 11111101001 1100100101 11101101101 11001001111 001011001 111101011101 111011101011 001101011 111010001011 11111101101 001001011 11101011011 11111001001 101001001 01111011001 11011111011 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, as, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Wont And Done;
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  • history of its creation;
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