This is an analysis of the poem VI. 'How should I think of thee but with delight?' that begins with:
How should I think of thee but with delight?
How should I greet thy face but with a smile?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXabaab ababcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011001 1111111001 1111011110 0101111111 0111110101 1101000101 1111011111 1101011101 1111110011 1001001101 1111011101 11110100011 1111110111 1101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word how is repeated.
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