This is an analysis of the poem Affinities that begins with:
I.
I will take your thoughts to my heart; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcdede fgfghbib X ajaj khkh lmlm X cfXc immiXbaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,1,4,4,4,1,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 10111011 10111001 1001001 1011011 1001001 11111101 11011001 101001011 11101001 01011001 11101101 001101001 11011011 01001001 11011011 01011111 1 11011111 1110101 11101111 0010011 00111010 1010101 11111010 1010111 11101110 1111111 10101010 1110111 1 11011101 11010011 11010111 11000101 11010101 11000111 11110101 110100111 111100001 111101001 10110101 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, what, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, rest, in, put, and are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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