This is an analysis of the poem Isolation: To Marguerite that begins with:
We were apart; yet, day by day,
I bade my heart more constant be.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cdcXee fgfgcc hfhfii djdjcX akakccXfdfdgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10011111 11111100 11010101 11011101 11111111 11111111 01111111 11110111 01110101 111101000 11110111 11111111 11111101 11010101 101010101 01011101 01011101 10110101 10010101 11011101 11010101 11010101 01101001 01011101 11111101 11010101 100010101 11111101 01011111 110101100 10110111 11111001 10111111 110101001 11110111 110101001 010011111 11110111 01101101 01010011 01111111 01111100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 217
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, back, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase farewell connects the lines.
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