This is an analysis of the poem Fain Would I Wed that begins with:

Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me,
When my mind or body grieved, that had the power to ease me.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXXcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101111111111 111110111010011 11101011101010 11111110101110 1110111110101 1010111111101 10101011100110 0010101110110 11111111011010 11111011111110 11111010111010 11111111111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, d are repeated).

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