This is an analysis of the poem Finding Words To Define Regret that begins with:

Be not me,
When I'm with you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ADEF GHID ahhjk dj XBCB ADEF hhhhgl ADEF ej klAaBCB GHIDejeh fXXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,2,4,4,6,4,2,7,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1001 011110 1111 111 01110 100100101 011011100 11111 111001 1101011 1011011 111 1101 01010 0010 11101 111001 010 011 1001 011110 1111 111 01110 100100101 011011100 1011101 110111110 1011111110 11101110 11011010111 10111100010 111 01110 100100101 011011100 01110101 010010 101011101 1011 011 01 1001 011110 1111 11111 111001 1101011 1011011 0101100101 010 101001 01101 0011 100101 11 11111 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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; we is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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