This is an analysis of the poem Possession that begins with:
MOST blessed one, how can I let thee go?
Canst thou forswear the nightingale its tune-- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcXddcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111111111 1101010001 1011010001 1101110111 1111111101 1111111101 11110100111 1111110101 1111111101 1111011100 1101111101 0111101111 0111010011 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 611
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; thy, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.
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