This is an analysis of the poem Patience, Though I Have Not that begins with:

Patience, though I have not
The thing that I require,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcc dadaee fXfacc fgfgXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 0111010 110111 1011010 111111 010101 101110 011111 111011 011111 011111 110101 101001 110101 111101 111111 110111 011011 100111 110011 101001 011011 100110 001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, patience are repeated.

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

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

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