This is an analysis of the poem She Charged Me that begins with:

She charged me with having said this and that
To another woman long years before,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc dcd cece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101011 0010101001 001010111 110110101 0110110101 10010010111 111110101 00111101101 101110101 1110101101 1111000111 010110111 0111100111 00101110101 1010110111 110110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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