This is an analysis of the poem I Would And I Would Not that begins with:

I woulde it were not as it is
Or that I cared not yea or no;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdd XXXXee fgXghh Xcfcdd fXXXdX XijkhX ajcXXX XXdXik X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001100 11111111 11110101 11011101 11101111 11011111 110100101 1101101 1111111 011101111 1110101 01010101 11011101 011100111 11010110 11010101 11010101 1111101 01011101 11011001 11010111 10111001 1100101 11010111 1111101 100101010 11110111 111110010 11010111 11111111 00111111 11011100 01111101 11011101 11011001 11010111 11101101 10110101 11111101 1101011011 11111111 11011110 01110011 1001110 01110101 01010111 11110110 10100111 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, or, it, not, to, now are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines not is repeated).

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