This is an analysis of the poem To The Same, When Away From Home that begins with:

Oh, when will my beloved come
To her own home again?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab acaac dedde fcffc bgbXg hghhg giggi jdjjd fdffdXbbbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 001101 10001011 01011011 100101 11110101 111111 11010011 11010111 111101 11110100 1111010 11001101 00110101 0111010 11110101 0111001 11011101 11001101 111101 11111111 1111010 11010101 10010110 0100010 11111101 010111 110101001 11010111 111111 11010111 1111110 11010001 11010001 1101010 011101101 0101011 11110101 11010111 1111011 110101111 010101 11111101 11010111 0101101 01010101 0111001 11010111 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, to, thy are repeated.

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

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