This is an analysis of the poem My Annual that begins with:
How long will this harp which you once loved to hear
Cheat your lips of a smile or your eyes of a tear?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdX ddee ddff bbXd ddbb gghh eeff ccff bbii bbff aajj bbkkXffee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001111101 111001111001 111010010001 1010010100001 11011111111 01011011011 01011011011 101111011111 110110111001 11011011101 101001011001 001011111111 11101011001 11011111101 11101011001 101011001011 11011001111 11011111001 110110110010 11001001001 11101001001 11011001011 11101000111 11101011011 110001101000 1011010001001 01101011110 11001101011 01101011001 01101011101 11011001101 01111111101 11011001011 001011001001 11001111101 01011101001 11101011001 11101011101 11011011001 11001101001 11101011101 11011101111 11011111001 01001011101 11011011111 11011001001 11101001001 101111001001 11101011111 01001011001 0100011010001 01011001011 11111001001 11011111001 01001011001 11001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, that, i, no, his, it, we, peace are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, not, those, the, no, it, peace are repeated.
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