This is an analysis of the poem Agony Of Love that begins with:

You ask, my love, about my tears
But don't you recognize the fears...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb dceaXe ffdgXd ggheeh X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 11110101 110111 01110100 1001110 110101 11110100 01000100 011101 0011100 11011101 110001 11111101 11001101 010101 01110101 01111010 011101 11001011 01011011 111101 01111011 01011101 110010 010111000001010001000101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; my is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, i are repeated.

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