This is an analysis of the poem To Mary that begins with:

I sleep with thee, and wake with thee,
And yet thou art not there;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ededafaf bgbghaha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111111 11110101 110101 11110011 111101 11111101 110111 11110101 011111 110111001 110101 11000111 1111100 11011001 1101010 01110011 011011 01010101 1101001 010100001 1011001 11011011 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; with, thee, and, in are repeated.

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