This is an analysis of the poem How Shall I Woo Thee that begins with:
How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?
Say in what tongue shall I tell of my love....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababcc Aaaadd Aaaaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111101111 1011111011 1111011011 1111011001 01001111001 01011101001 1111101111 1111111101 1101001011 1101001001 01101011101 11011101001 1111101111 1111001001 1101111001 1101101001 11101111101 11111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; i, to, how are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words had, how are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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