This is an analysis of the poem To The Unknown Goddess that begins with:

Will you conquer my heart with your beauty; my sould going out from afar?
Shall I fall to your hand as a victim of crafty and cautions shikar?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa bb cc dX ee ee aaXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011011011011101001 111011101001011010 111111101001001011 111111011011011011 101111101011011001 111001111011001011 011001101011011101 0111011010110100001 101011111001101101 10101101110100110010 1011011111111111011 1110010110100001001 1010010010111101011 1010110110101001001 110110110101111111 001111111011011011 010111110101111101 101001011111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 77 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • 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; you, and, your, i, in, of, when are repeated.

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

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

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