This is an analysis of the poem With Love, Anonymous that begins with:
You may have the freedom to spy on me.
For as long and as often as you like....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaabX cdccbcXXbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100111 1111110111 111111011101110 0100111 1111111101011 1110101 1010101000100 1001110 001110010 11001110 00100011011 01101 10001001111 00100101111 01 0100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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; as, you, to, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, with are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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