This is an analysis of the poem Song—fragment—why Tell The Lover that begins with:
WHY, why tell thy lover
Bliss he never must enjoy"?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 11101100 111001 1110101 1111010010 100100101 111110 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; why is repeated.
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