This is an analysis of the poem A Love Song From The North that begins with:

Tell me no more of thy love, papeeha,
Wouldst thou recall to my heart, papeeha,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXababbaXXaXXaXaccdXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011100 1101011100 1001111 110111010110 01001101 110110011010 1100011010110 110110101 11011001100 10010110100 11111001 1111011100 1101011100 1101101 110111010011 1001001 11011110010 110010010110 01001011 11011001100 1011011100 0101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 882
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; my, of, and, papeeha, in are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines papeeha is repeated).

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