This is an analysis of the poem Sharing Eve's Apple that begins with:

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O Blush not so! O blush not so!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXb XXcXc XadXb XXcXc XXXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11111111 1111110 10110101 1100110 1 1011110111 10111010 1011110111 10111100 1 11111111 101010110 11101111001 110110010 1 011111111 101001111 1110100101 1111111 1 1011110111 10111111 1110111111 110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; blush, for, sigh are repeated.

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

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