This is an analysis of the poem I Will Not Let Thee Go that begins with:

I will not let thee go.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbabA AcacA AdadA Acaca Aeaea AdadaXAcaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 11111100 100111 100101 101111 101111 01111111 101111 110101 111111 101111 11011111 101101 010101 111111 101111 01110101 111101 011101 111111 101111 11101001 110111 011111 111111 101111 110110010 111111 011100 110111 101111 11111101 1101111 111101 101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines go is repeated).

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

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