This is an analysis of the poem Come, My Beloved, Hear From Me that begins with:

COME, my beloved, hear from me
Tales of the woods or open sea.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggggeecchhcceeggbbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10011101 11010101 011100101 11010111 11010101 01011111 1101000101 110010101 01010101 01110101 10010101 11010101 11010101 11010001 01011101 110101001 11010001 11010111 01110111 01010101 11011101 10010101 11010001 10011001 11010101 11010111 1111111101 101110001 01110111 11110101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1099
  • Average number of words per stanza: 208
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and are repeated.

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

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