This is an analysis of the poem O You Whom I Often And Silently Come that begins with:

O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be
with you;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110110011111110 01 11111111110100110 1 10110100101011110 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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