This is an analysis of the poem I Thought You Were So Sweet that begins with:
I'm at a loss.
Because my feelings for you, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCC ACCDE cXbX FFFG ABCC ACCDE FFFG GFFFXGGf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,5,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 0111011 101 1111 0101 1111 101 10101 1111011 111100 011111 111111 01111001 10111110011010 10101111101010 011110111111110 111001001011010 0101 0111011 101 1111 0101 1111 101 10101 1111011 10111110011010 10101111101010 011110111111110 111001001011010 1111010111010 10101111101010 10111110011010 011110111111110 1111010111010 1111010111010 1110111111110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, me, to, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same words i'm, you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines boa is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word odor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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