This is an analysis of the poem O Hymen! O Hymenee! that begins with:

O HYMEN! O hymenee!
Why do you tantalize me thus?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 11110111 11111011010 1111010111111 00010101001011011 110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o, why, you are repeated.

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