This is an analysis of the poem This Will Not Win Him that begins with:
Reason says,
I will win him with my eloquence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ab aca XdCe aCd fgbCc ehCe XCh eCf Xhc Xc cbCa cbCb aaac cgXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,4,3,5,4,3,3,3,2,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 101101100 11 10110110 11 1111011 111100100 111111110 1111001100100 111111 01111 10111010 111111 01010010 10110 1101001001 10101010010 111111 101001001 1110101 01011 111111 001011 101001010100 111111 0010110 101111001 111111 1100110101 10111111 111001 10011 11101 1111011 10101001 01010001010 111111 0101101010 01000011 101101 111111 001100101 111001010 11101001 111010010 100011 101011011 001001 010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, i are repeated.
The author used the same word he 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 him is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word him at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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