This is an analysis of the poem A Lover, Wished that begins with:
A lover!
One that is kept, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbabXc AXdeec Abe dXd AXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 1101 1110 01111 0111 10100 010 00100100 101001101 1011 101 101100 010 1 01010110 0101 01 10001 010 1 10011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; lover is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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