This is an analysis of the poem To-- Yet Look On Me that begins with:

Yet look on me -- take not thine eyes away,
Which feed upon the love within mine own,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbccaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101010111 1001100101 0111001101 1101110101 0111011111 1111011101 1101010011 01111101001 1111110101 0111111101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 497
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; yet, and are repeated.

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

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