This is an analysis of the poem To L. R. E. that begins with:
When first I saw you — felt you take my hand,
I could not speak for happiness to find... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabccXddXeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111111 1111110001 1111111111 1110110101 1111111101 1111111111 0101111011 0111011111 1101011101 1101011111 1101010100 1111011101 1111111101 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
- Average number of words per stanza: 124
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, who are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, and are repeated.
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