This is an analysis of the poem To A Stranger that begins with:
PASSING stranger! you do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXXbXXacXccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 10101111110011011 110111101111100101 1001 1111101010101 10011111110100100 101 111010010110101 1101110111010111 1011110110 111010011111111 101111001 1110101110101111011 11101 110111111101101 1101001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 841
- Average number of words per stanza: 163
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, with, me, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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