This is an analysis of the poem Tell Me Why that begins with:
TELL me why, behind thee,
I see always the shadow of another lover? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabXXba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011 1111011001010 001 1000111000010100 1110101 11101001 01010 00101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
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