This is an analysis of the poem Why So Pale And Wan, Fond Lover? that begins with:

Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
Prithee, why so pale?--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabB aCaXC dadaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11111110 1111 01101110 10101 1111 11111110 1111 01101110 10101 1111 11110011 01010 00011011 10110 01010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; why, so are repeated.

    The author used the same word why 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 her is repeated).

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