This is an analysis of the poem I Will Not Cry that begins with:
I will not cry for satisfaction if I could get my choice,
Among the divine beautiful virgins of heaven, I want only you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aX ba cb dd dX XX cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 101111010011111 010011001001011101 1010111101011 11101111101100 01001110110010111 1011111111001 11110011111 01101001001110011111001011001010 10111101000101001110100 01111101101 111101000101011001010010010111010111110011 1011101101010110 100100001010101 01110011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 69 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, you, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of I Will Not Cry;
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