This is an analysis of the poem An Assurance that begins with:
Say that I should say I love ye,
Would you say 'tis but a saying? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab abab cbcX cdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 11111010 1010111 01101010 11111111 01111010 10101111 01111010 1111111 01111010 10111010 01101100 11111110 11111110 11111010 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; say, ye, think, write, and are repeated.
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