This is an analysis of the poem X. 'Let those who love hear me; I speak as one' that begins with:
Let those who love hear me; I speak as one
Who hath known every portion of love's pain,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaa bcbcdd
- 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: 1111111111 11110010011 1101011111 0101010101 1111110111 1101110011 1101011111 0101111001 1001011101 1101010001 1101001111 1101110101 1100010100 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word each is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase vain connects the lines.
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