To-- I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden by Percy Bysshe Shelley: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To-- I Fear Thy Kisses, Gentle Maiden that begins with:

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I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaAaa XaAaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111101010 110111 110011010 100101 1 111111110 110111 100001010 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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