This is an analysis of the poem Affection that begins with:
The earth that made the rose,
She also is thy mother, and not I. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbb bbccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011101 1100110111 01100110101 1101111111 111101110011 01110111111 11011 11010101111 0101010101 0101011101 10111 110110001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, thee, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines thee is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word thee at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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