This is an analysis of the poem Come that begins with:

Come, when the pale moon like a petal
Floats in the pearly dusk of spring, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa abXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111010 100101001 10011011 1011101 111001110 100100011 111101110 001011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; come is repeated.

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

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

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