This is an analysis of the poem Tell Me Truly, My Dark Beloved that begins with:

Tell me truly, my dark beloved,
To which lovely girl were you making love?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXAB XcAB XcAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011010 0110101101 1110100101111111001 111011010 0110101101 01100101010100001 110111011110111 111011010 0110101101 10000100010110 1100110110110 111011010 0110101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; my, beloved are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word love at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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