This is an analysis of the poem I Love, Alas! Yet Am Not Loved that begins with:

I love, alas! yet am not loved,
For cruel she to pity is not moved.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 1101010011 11010111100 10110101100 111101010100 10110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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